European Social Fund

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the use of the European social fund in Scotland.

Ann McKechin: I, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland, have had no recent discussions with Scottish Ministers concerning the use of the European social fund in Scotland. European social fund money for Scotland goes directly from the European Commission to Scottish Ministers and it is up to them whether they wish to use this money to provide, for example, careers advice, skills training and support unemployed people in Scotland. The UK Government have committed to doing this for people in England.

Retained Firefighters

Robert Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues for the purposes of agreeing the UK's position in EU discussions on the effect on retained firefighters in Scotland of an end to the voluntary opt-out from the provisions of the EU working time directive.

Ann McKechin: There have been no specific discussions. However, the UK Government will continue to work with the Scottish Government on this matter. Protecting communities across Scotland, and the UK, is our top priority.
	The amendments to the Common Position voted by the European Parliament on 17 December are the latest step in a complex negotiation. Implementation of the working time directive, by setting a 48-hour maximum to the working week, would greatly reduce the hours which firefighters working the retained duty system could be available for duty. The UK Government therefore place great importance on retaining its opt-out from the directive.

Departmental Written Questions

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to answer Questions  (a) 248515 and  (b) 248516 tabled on 13 January 2009, on his Department's blog.

Ann McKechin: These parliamentary questions were answered today.

Railways: Accidents

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many  (a) injuries and  (b) deaths have occurred in accidents on railway crossings in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the UK in each year since 1998.

Paul Clark: The data below is based on incidents reported to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR 95). Figures for 2008 are provisional and may change with the receipt of coroners' findings for inquests that are currently outstanding.
	The following tables cover incidents at level crossings in Great Britain, as the ORR is not responsible for rail safety in Northern Ireland.
	
		
			  Table: 1 Fatalities and injuries at level crossings 1998-2008( 1)  (excluding trespassers and suicides) Great Britain 
			   Fatalities  Lancashire figures  Injuries  Lancashire figures  Total  Lancashire figures 
			 1998 13 1 40 2 53 3 
			 1999 11 1 26 0 37 1 
			 2000 13 0 28 0 41 0 
			 2001 10 0 20 2 30 2 
			 2002 14 1 32 1 46 2 
			 2003 16 1 26 0 42 1 
			 2004 16 0 64 0 80 0 
			 2005 15 0 21 0 36 0 
			 2006 8 0 28 1 36 1 
			 2007 11 0 14 0 25 0 
			 2008(1) 15 0 27 0 42 0 
			 (1) Provisional figures 
		
	
	
		
			  Table :  2 Fatalities and injuries to trespassers and suicid es at level crossings 1998-200 8( 1)  Great Britain 
			  Year  Fatalities  Lancashire figures  Injuries  Lancashire figures  Total  Lancashire figures 
			 1998 12 0 0 0 12 0 
			 1999 8 1 0 0 8 1 
			 2000 9 0 2 0 11 0 
			 2001 10 0 3 1 13 1 
			 2002 13 0 0 0 13 0 
			 2003 15 1 0 0 15 1 
			 2004 12 0 1 0 13 0 
			 2005 20 2 3 1 23 3 
			 2006 19 1 0 0 19 1 
			 2007 17 0 0 0 17 0 
			 2008(1) 15 1 2 0 17 1 
			 (1) Provisional figures

Railways: Bus Services

Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of rail replacement bus services in each of the last 12 months.

Paul Clark: holding answer 3 February 2009
	Only one rail replacement bus service is funded by the Department for Transport. This is the service between Ealing Broadway and Wandsworth Road. Estimate of cost for this service since the start of operation in December 2008 is £1,410 in December 2008 and 1,880 in January 2009.
	The rules for the route registration of local bus services have been amended. This has enabled the introduction of flexibly routed, demand-responsive bus services. We also extended to these services eligibility to receive bus service operators grant (BSOG) from the Department for Transport. BSOG eligibility has also been extended to include community transport operators, with over 1,000 operators, many in rural areas, now claiming BSOG.
	The Local Transport Act 2008 includes a number of important steps to enable local authorities to secure better local bus services in rural and urban areas alike by means of:
	more effective partnerships with bus operators;
	making the introduction of quality contracts (i.e. franchising as in London) a more realistic option;
	a new regime to deliver improved punctuality; and
	measures to support development of the community transport sector and to extend to the private hire vehicle sector the ability to provide taxibuses.
	The Department has implemented the community rail policy on many rural routes, particularly branch lines. This policy aims to bring together the efforts of the train operating company, Network Rail (NR), the local authority and also local communities to put local or rural services on a steady footing by working together to promote and support local rail operations, increase patronage and awareness of the service. In each individual case, the route is assessed and designated as a 'community rail' route, supported by a community rail partnership.

Roads: Tolls

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet of 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1105W, on tolls, whether the local authorities in road pricing demonstration project areas were consulted about the decision to conduct the demonstrations in their areas.

Paul Clark: Neither the Government nor their contractors have consulted the local authorities whose boundaries will be used as the framework for data collection within this research project, nor is there a requirement to do so. The locations for the trial activity chosen by our contractors will have no bearing on the project results.

British Airports Authority

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what  (a) meetings and  (b) correspondence (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with representatives from BAA since 3 October 2008; when each meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what the subject of each meeting was.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 29 January 2009
	DEFRA Ministers have had no meetings with BAA since 3 October 2008.
	DEFRA officials attended a meeting on 13 November 2008 with the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee at which representatives of BAA were present, and in which DEFRA officials made a presentation about the public consultation on the guidance for airport operators to produce action plans under the terms of Environmental Noise Regulations 2006.
	In relation to correspondence, Richard Norman replied on behalf of BAA to the DEFRA Consultation on the Guidance for Airport Operators to produce action plans under the terms of the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006. There has not been any subsequent correspondence from DEFRA to BAA.

Common Fisheries Policy

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1587W, on the Common Fisheries Policy, 
	(1)  when he plans  (a) to complete a detailed impact assessment of the proposals and  (b) formally to consult on the proposals; and if will make a statement;
	(2)  when he plans to make a formal response to the Council of Ministers and the European Commission on Article 47 of the proposed Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy;
	(3)  with reference to the provisions of Article 47 of the proposed Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, how much quota he plans to allocate to recreational sea anglers, broken down by species in each fishing area and expressed as a percentage of overall national quota; and if he will make a statement.

Huw Irranca-Davies: My officials are currently engaged in discussions with the EU presidency, the Commission and other member states over the detail of the Commission's proposal for a council regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy. As part of that discussion, officials will be asking the Commission for further clarification on the intent of article 47. Once we have that clarification, we will be able to better understand the potential impact of article 47 as drafted, including the implications for quota, and can then respond formally to the council. My intention is to consult on the proposal by the end of February. An initial impact assessment will form part of that consultation.

Floods: Motorways

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the Answer of 14 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 29-30W, on floods, which stretches of motorway have a significant flood risk probability according to the Environment Agency's flood vulnerability database.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The flood vulnerability database draws heavily on information held by other parties, and provides a summary of vulnerability to flooding in each 100 metres of land in England and Wales.
	Information on motorways at risk of flooding was provided by publicly available ordinance survey data. However to geographically identify and describe each section of motorway at significant flood risk would incur disproportionate cost.
	In response to the floods of 2007 and Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations the Highways Agency has been investigating the resilience of the strategic road network to flooding. The Highways Agency is currently reviewing the Environment Agency's fluvial flood risk maps and information on 'Areas Susceptible to Surface Water Flooding' to identify vulnerable locations and develop appropriate contingency measures. This work is ongoing.

Food: Public Sector

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1130W, on 10 Downing Street: catering, what the remit of the public sector food procurement initiative is; and whether the initiative has adopted a policy on using genetically-modified food and ingredients.

Jane Kennedy: The PSFPI's remit is explained in the guide "Putting it into practice" that can be seen at
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/resources.htm.
	The primary aim is to support the Government's Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy for England, which aims to deliver a world class sustainable farming and food sector that contributes to a better environment and healthier, prosperous communities.
	DEFRA's catering toolkit asks public bodies to specify in contracts that suppliers: "Clearly label any genetically modified products used, including the presence of any genetically modified ingredients used in the preparation of the food".
	This is consistent with the Food Standard Agency's advice on EC Regulation 1829/2003 (GM Food and Feed Regulation) that requires all foods that either consist of or contain live GMOs or foods or ingredients derived from GMOs to be labelled and traceable throughout the food supply chain.

China: Human Rights

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the outcome of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue meeting of 12 to 13 January was, with specific reference to Tibet; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: Issues discussed at the recent human rights dialogue included China's co-operation with international human rights mechanisms, the death penalty, reform of the administrative detention system, religious freedom in Xinjiang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea border-crossers and freedom of expression. We held detailed discussions on disability and mental health issues, and the role of the prosecutor in the UK and China in upholding defendants' rights. We welcomed the decision to make permanent more liberal regulations on foreign journalists, but also raised our concerns about the continued detention of a signatory of charter 08. We handed over a list of 50 other individual cases and asked for further information about these. We urged China to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee Against Torture and to issue open invitations to UN Special Rapporteurs to visit China. With reference to Tibet, we made clear that we remain concerned about the apparent lack of due process for those in detention in Tibet, restrictions on freedom of religion and lack of transparency. We urged renewed dialogue between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama to resolve the underlying issues, and pressed for agreements on visits by foreign journalists and diplomats.

Middle East: Armed Conflict

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of suspension of Israel's application for membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development until allegations of war crimes during Israel's military operation on Gaza have been fully investigated; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched an accession of negotiations with Israel in 2007. Following the submission of Israel's initial memorandum, which sets out the current state of Israel compliance with the OECD body of law and best practice, negotiations have consisted so far of technical scrutiny of the memorandum. Any political issues about the Israeli accession will be considered once the technical phase is over.

Stem Cells: Research

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the seminar on stem cell research organised by the British Embassy in Israel on 26 and 27 March 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: I have arranged for a copy of the report to be placed in the Library of the House.

Stem Cells: Research

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what files his Department holds on the seminar on stem cell research organised by the British Embassy in Israel on 26 and 27 March 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: A brief report of the seminar was compiled by the science and innovation attaché at our embassy in Tel Aviv, they also have files which cover the logistical arrangements for the seminar.

Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in respect of which offences contained in the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 penalty notices for disorder have been issued in the last three years.

Jack Straw: The offences for which a penalty notice for disorder (PNDs) is available, together with the numbers issued for each offence in 2005, 2006 and 2007 (the last three years for which confirmed data is available) are included in the following table. PND data for 2008 will be available in November 2009.
	
		
			  Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to offenders of all ages by of fence, England and Wales 2005- 07 
			  Offence  2005  2006  2007 
			  Higher Tier Offences (£80)
			 Wasting police time 2,525 3,933 3,966 
			 Misuse of public telecommunications system 405 909 1,193 
			 Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority 92 106 96 
			 Causing Harassment, alarm or distress 64,007 82,235 77,827 
			 Throwing fireworks(1) 642 682 649 
			 Drunk and disorderly(2) 37,038 43,556 46,996 
			 Criminal Damage (under £500)(3) 12,168 20,620 19,946 
			 Theft (retail under £200)(3) 21,997 38,772 45,146 
			 Breach of fireworks curfew(4) 33 53 39 
			 Possession of category 4 firework(4) 13 28 22 
			 Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework(4) 47 76 106 
			 Sale of alcohol to drunken person(5) 32 47 81 
			 Supply of alcohol to a person under 18 3 60 54 
			 Sale of alcohol to a person under 18(3) 2,058 3,195 3,583 
			 Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18(3) 170 407 555 
			 Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 for consumption on the premises 83 60 64 
			 Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery(3) 209 297 431 
			 
			  Lower Tier Offences (£50)
			 Trespassing on a railway 220 1,042 1,527 
			 Throwing stones at a train/railway 20 15 25 
			 Drunk in a highway 3,138 2,712 2,066 
			 Consumption of alcohol in a designated public place 712 1,061 1,544 
			 Depositing and leaving litter(3) 737 1,169 1,374 
			 Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises(3) 84 75 85 
			 Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises(3) 27 14 11 
			 Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18(5) 21 73 158 
			 
			  Totals
			 Total Higher Tier Offences 141,522 195,036 200,754 
			 Total Lower Tier Offences 4,959 6,161 6,790 
			 
			 Total all offences 146,481 201,197 207,544 
			 (1) Offence moved from the lower tier (£50) to the upper tier (£80) on 5 March 2004. (2) Offence moved from the tower tier (£50) to the upper tier (£80) on 1 November 2004. (3) Offence added with effect from 1 November 2004. (4) Offence added with effect from 11 October 2004. (5) Offence added with effect from 04 April 2005. (Note:) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the Criminal Cases Review Commission measures the  (a) effectiveness,  (b) efficiency and  (c) economy of its policies.

Maria Eagle: The Commission's policies all feed into the performance of its core function—reviewing alleged miscarriages of justice. The effectiveness and efficiency is assessed through the performance of the Commission.
	The Commission uses a set eight of key performance indicators to help it monitor and manage performance. The indicators help the Commission measure waiting times, waiting lists and time taken to reach certain key stages in the life of each case such as time to allocation and time to completion. The Commission sets targets in each of these areas and measures its performance against those targets. Targets and performance are reviewed regularly by the Commission and the senior management team. Performance across most KPIs has improved substantially over the last two years.
	Commission policies are regularly reviewed with input from Commissioners and staff and revised as necessary.
	The KPIs are developed by managers and Commissioners and approved by the Commission. They appear in the CCRC business plan and are reported on annually in the annual report—both documents are available on the Commission's website at
	www.ccrc.gov.uk.

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what procedures apply to the  (a) recruitment,  (b) training and  (c) assessment of the welfare of the Criminal Cases Review Commission's expert staff.

Maria Eagle: The Commission's Recruitment and Equal Opportunities policies seek to ensure that all the Commission's recruitment activity is fair and open.
	The Commission provides in-house training for staff and Commissioners to share knowledge and expertise and promote good practice. The Commission also supports external training for staff in line with the aims of the organisation.
	The Commission takes seriously the welfare of all its staff. Human Resources staff and line managers are responsible for supporting staff dealing with regard to various day-to-day welfare issues.

Prison Accommodation

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many new prison places he plans to provide by 31 December 2009.

David Hanson: At 31 December 2009 we will have delivered over 6,000 new prison places since April 2007. This includes over 2,100 new prison places in 2009.

Prisoners: Bullying

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what measures are in place to prevent bullying of prisoners by other inmates.

Shahid Malik: Since 2004, every public sector prison has been required to have in place a local violence reduction strategy. From mid 2007 this policy has been applied to both the public sector and contracted estate. Under the strategy each prison is required to undertake regular analysis of any problem areas, consider solutions and provide an action plan to improve personal safety and reduce violence. All closed establishments are required to undertake a cell-sharing risk assessment to inform cell allocation. The violence reduction strategy is>due to be reviewed during 2009.

Prisoners: Racial Harassment

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many racial incidents were reported by prisoners during 2008; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of subsequent investigations.

Shahid Malik: In 2008 there were 8911 incidents of alleged racism reported by prisoners—of those 2849 were about the behaviour of other prisoners and 6062 were concerned with the actions of members of staff. A small proportion consist of allegations of misconduct by staff and all such matters are subject to disciplinary investigation under the code of conduct and discipline.
	All investigations into reported acts of racism are overseen and signed off by the Governor or Deputy Governor. In addition, the area manager conducts bi-annual checks of a random' sample of investigations.
	'Race Review 2008' recently published by NOMS and available in the Library sets out the current assessment of race equality in the prison service, including the effectiveness of these systems and plans for work further to improve them.

Young Offenders: Reoffenders

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persistent young offenders were  (a) arrested and  (b) sentenced at (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown Court in (A) Vale of York constituency and (B) England in each year since 1997.

David Hanson: Statistics on Persistent Young Offenders (PYOs) split by court type, as requested in the question, are only available from 1999 onward. The closest geographic level to the Vale of York for which robust numbers are available is the North Yorkshire police force area.
	The PYO figures are designed to measure the speed and efficiency of the youth justice system; through monitoring the pledge to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for dealing with PYOs in England and Wales from 142 days in 1996 to 71 days. However, numbers of PYO cases are not a reliable measure of overall levels of youth crime, and will give a misleading view of the true trend if used for this purpose.
	The following tables show the number of PYOs dealt with in England and Wales and for North Yorkshire. The breakdowns are based on whether the cases were heard in the magistrates courts or in the Crown court.
	
		
			  The number of persistent young offenders in England and Wales, by court jurisdiction 
			   All c ourts  Magistrates c ourts  The Crown c ourt 
			 1997 9,868 — — 
			 1998 11,079 — — 
			 1999 12,014 9,815 2,160 
			 2000 13,233 11,961 1,264 
			 2001 13,854 12,889 961 
			 2002 14,244 13,218 1,024 
			 2003 14,244 13,297 941 
			 2004 14,492 13,511 974 
			 2005 14,827 13,894 924 
			 2006 15,528 14,476 1,043 
			 2007 16,512 15,414 1,095 
		
	
	
		
			  The number of persistent young offenders in North Yorkshire, by court jurisdiction 
			   All c ourts  Magistrates c ourts  The Crown c ourt 
			 1997 120 — — 
			 1998 126 — — 
			 1999 155 132 23 
			 2000 184 169 15 
			 2001 161 141 20 
			 2002 158 151 7 
			 2003 167 160 7 
			 2004 188 181 6 
			 2005 182 171 9 
			 2006 203 191 12 
			 2007 252 236 16 
			  Notes:  The Police National Computer data can contain records where the type of court in which the case was heard was unknown. This missing information only impacts a very small minority of cases, and was more a feature of the data in the past than in the present. Thus, the sum of cases heard in magistrates' courts and the Crown Court in each year is less than all cases heard in England and Wales. 
		
	
	The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) publishes the data in the aforementioned table as National Statistics. Further information on persistent young offenders can be found on the dedicated page of the MOJ website:
	www.justice.gov.uk/publications/averagetimearresttosentencepyo.htm

Young Offenders: Reoffenders

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of performance against the 71-day target for the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders.

David Hanson: Overall statistics on persistent young offenders (PYOs) are available from 1997 to 2007.
	These figures are derived from police national computer data, and used to monitor the pledge to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for dealing with PYOs in England and Wales from 142 days in 1996 to 71 days.
	The PYO figures are designed to measure the speed and efficiency of the youth justice system; through monitoring the pledge to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for dealing with PYOs in England and Wales from 142 days in 1996 to 71 days. However, numbers of PYO cases are not a reliable measure of overall levels of youth crime, and will give a misleading view of the true trend if used for this purpose.
	The following table shows the number of PYO cases heard, and the average time interval (in days) from arrest to sentence for dealing with these juvenile offenders in England and Wales. It also provides a breakdown based on whether the cases were heard in the magistrates courts or in the Crown court.
	
		
			  Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders 
			   All courts  Magistrates courts  The Crown court 
			   Cases  Days  Cases  Days  Cases  Days 
			 1997 16,010 141 — — — — 
			 1998 18,605 125 — — — — 
			 1999 21,151 108 18,851 96 2,271 212 
			 2000 23,131 95 21,146 83 1,976 218 
			 2001 25,393 76 23,752 68 1,632 196 
			 2002 26,116 68 24,280 63 1,829 178 
			 2003 26,086 66 24,481 58 1,590 188 
			 2004 26,363 69 24,698 61 1,653 186 
			 2005 27,037 68 25,498 61 1,526 192 
			 2006 28,252 72 26,529 63 1,704 214 
			 2007 30,683 65 28,904 57 1,769 206 
			  Note: The police national computer data can contain records where the type of court in which the case was heard was unknown. This missing information only affects a very small minority of cases, and was more a feature of the data in the past than in the present. Thus, the sum of cases heard in magistrates' courts and the Crown court in each year is less than all cases heard in England and Wales. 
		
	
	The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) publishes the data in the above table as National Statistics. Further information on persistent young offenders can be found on the dedicated page of the MOJ website:
	www.justice.gov.uk/publications/averagetimearresttosentencepyo.htm

Creativity and Business International Network

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what deposit has been paid to The Grove in Hertfordshire for the use of its facilities for the inaugural Creativity and Business International Network; and what payment has been agreed.

Andy Burnham: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend, the Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, gave him on 14 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1210W. The cost of hiring The Grove is included within the £1 million allocated towards the running of the World Creative Business Conference in each of the next three years, including 2008-09.

Cricket: Public Participation

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of  (a) the effectiveness of the 3 times 30 minute weekly participation target for cricket,  (b) the effect this target has had on the England and Wales Cricket Board's recent Whole Sport Plan award from Sport England,  (c) the effect of the reduction in the England and Wales Cricket Board's grant from Sport England on disabled and women's cricket and  (d) participation rates in cricket in each year since Sport England began to provide funding for cricket; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 12 January 2009
	Sport England has announced that the England and Wales Cricket Board will receive nearly £38 million of 2009 to 2013 Whole Sport Plan funding to deliver its plan for cricket. This represents the largest award made to any of the 46 national governing bodies receiving Whole Sport Plan funding. The final breakdown of these awards is still being finalised with NGBs. It will also be open to the ECB to supplement this further through bidding for the significant extra funding streams which will be available, as they currently do.
	In answer:
	 (a) Sport England is responsible for getting 1 million more people playing sport—three x 30 minute sessions of at least moderate intensity per week—and will measure this through the Active People Survey. As part of their Whole Sport Plan funding, national governing bodies will be responsible for increasing one x 30 minute weekly participation in their sport as a contribution towards the global target. Given this, the varying intensities of longer duration sports, and the emphasis on the sustain strand of the Sport England strategy, the one x 30 measure represents an effective gauge of a sport's contribution to Sport England's participation objectives.
	 (b) Therefore three x 30 minute participation in Cricket was not a contributory factor in the assessment of the ECB's funding submission. Sports were asked to demonstrate how they could increase one x 30 minute participation as part of the funding process.
	 (c) It is the ECB's responsibility to manage the sport of Cricket, creating opportunities for all. The ECB submission contains specific interventions for women and girls, and disabled cricket. Sport England's investment into the ECB will seek to encourage the grow, sustain and excel outcomes for these priority groups, and funding for these areas of work will be allocated to the ECB accordingly.
	Sport England has carried out two Active People Surveys. Active People 1 (between October 2005 and October 2006) shows one x 30 minute cricket 16+ participation as 195,200. Active People 2 (between October 2007 and October 2008) shows one x 30 minute cricket 16+ participation as 204,900. One x 30 participation data is not available prior to Active People 1.

Departmental Travel

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure his Department has incurred in providing transport for Ministers between Parliament and Departmental premises in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Hoon) on 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 6W. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

Exercise

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) men and  (b) women over the age of 18 years who have participated in at least 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity on five or more days of the week in each of the last three years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The "Taking Part" survey is a continuous household survey providing national data on participation in culture, leisure and sport.
	The following table shows the percentage of men and women aged 19 and over who have participated in at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity level sport on at least five separate days in the past week.
	
		
			  Participation in moderate intensity sport on at least five days in the past week, by adults aged 19 and over 
			  Percentage 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Men 12 13 15 
			 Women 10 10 10 
		
	
	Note that these figures are survey estimates which each sit within a range.
	For further information about the methodology and a full definition of moderate
	intensity sport, see the final assessment of SR04 PSA3 at:
	http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/5653.aspx

Gambling: Regulation

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  how many inspections have been carried out by the Gambling Commission in each year since the development of the annual visit programme;
	(2)  how many follow-up visits have been made by the Gambling Commission in each year since the development of the annual visit programme;
	(3)  how many  (a) warnings have been issued and  (b) licences revoked under the Gambling Commission's compliance process in each year; and what the (i) reason for the action taken and (ii) type of operation was in each case;
	(4)  how many compliance officers the Gambling Commission employs;
	(5)  how many visits made by Gambling Commission compliance officers under the compliance process to each type of operator were  (a) programmed,  (b) advisory,  (c) complaint,  (d) revisit,  (e) survey and  (f) other in each year since the process began;
	(6)  how many visits by Gambling Commission compliance officers to each type of operator evidence was found of  (a) operational risk,  (b) crime and disorder risk,  (c) fair and open risk,  (d) risk to children,  (e) risk to other vulnerable people and  (f) external risk in each year since the compliance process began.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Gambling Commission have advised that they carried out a total of 5,545 visits and 620 follow-up visits between 1 September 2007, when the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and 31 December 2008.
	The Gambling Commission have advised that a list of revocations and formal warnings issued under the Compliance process, including the type of licence holder and details of the decision, is available on their website at:
	http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/Client/mediadetail.asp?mediaid=477
	The Gambling Commission have also advised that an additional 50 licensed operators have had their licence revoked following the non-payment of their annual licence fee.
	The Gambling Commission have advised that it intends to publish details of its annual visit programme for 2008-09 in its next Annual Report.
	The Gambling Commission currently employs 59 compliance managers.

Music: Young People

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to encourage the learning of musical instruments by young people.

Barbara Follett: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working closely with the Department for Children, Schools and Families to promote music for young people through the package of funding for music education, which was announced in November 2007. This totals £332 million over three years and includes investment in singing, new instruments and free music lessons.
	The Department for Culture, Media and Sport provides financial support for the arts through Arts Council England, who make funding decisions independently of Government.
	The Arts Council provides funding of £10 million per year to Youth Music so that it can continue its work of complementing music in the national curriculum by supporting activities outside of school hours. Youth Music works alongside formal and community-based sectors to support music-making and training. This includes helping young people with the fewest opportunities to learn musical instruments.
	Take It Away is an Arts Council initiative designed to help more people get involved in learning and playing music. The scheme allows individuals to apply for an interest-free loan of up to £2,000 for the purchase of any kind of musical instrument. Children and young people are a particular priority for the scheme and over a quarter (26 per cent.) of all customers have purchased an instrument for a young person under 18 ears of age.

Official Cars

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what cars of what engine cubic capacity are  (a) owned and  (b) leased by his Department.

Gerry Sutcliffe: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Hoon) on 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 10W about cars provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.

Public Libraries

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what definition his Department uses of comprehensive and efficient in relation to library services.

Barbara Follett: Local library authorities have duties under the Public Libraries and Museums Act (1964) to provide a "comprehensive and efficient" library service, and it is predominantly this duty, that the Secretary of State is tasked with superintending under section 1 of the Act.
	However, the Department acknowledges that what constitutes a "comprehensive and efficient" library service will vary significantly between local authority areas given the nature and needs of their particular communities.

Public Libraries: Closures

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on procedures for public consultation on proposals to close a public library;
	(2)  how many local authorities have informed his Department that they have closed one or more public libraries in the last  (a) six months,  (b) 12 months and  (c) two years;
	(3)  what proportion of public library closures were preceded by a consultation period longer than six weeks in the last two years;
	(4)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of public library closures reported to his Department before the closure takes place;
	(5)  whether his Department has established  (a) minimum consultation periods and  (b) processes for public library closures by local authorities;
	(6)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of public library closures which was preceded by effective consultation in the last two years;
	(7)  what steps his Department takes when it considers that a library has been closed without an effective consultation process.

Barbara Follett: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not provide local authorities with guidance on procedures for public consultation on proposals to close a public library. The processes by which consultation is undertaken are a matter for local authorities and they are accountable to the communities they serve for the decisions taken.
	There are no official national guidelines on consultation or periods of consultation which apply to local authorities. However the Consultation Institute and the code of practice, adhered to by central Government, outline that a 12-week period represents best practice for consultation. While it is expected that most local authorities would also adhere to this standard, under exceptional circumstances this might not be appropriate.
	There is no duty on local authorities to inform central Government about plans to close public libraries. However, we have been informed of plans to permanently or temporarily close libraries in approximately 34 local authorities in the last two years.
	We have not been informed how many or what proportion of the library closures implemented in the last two years were preceded by a consultation period of longer than six weeks.

Public Libraries: Closures

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has reviewed  (a) the legal duties on and  (b) guidance for local authorities on the closure of public libraries by local authorities in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) two years and (iii) five years.

Barbara Follett: Library authorities have a legal duty to provide a 'comprehensive and efficient' library service under the terms of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has a duty to superintend library services and intervene if a library service is no longer meeting the requirements of the Act. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not reviewed these requirements in the last five years.
	The Public Library Service Standards, introduced in April 2001, defined our expectations of library service provision but were not legally binding. The standards which fed into comprehensive performance assessment were removed in March 2008, when it was replaced with comprehensive area assessment.

Departmental Manpower

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, column 103W, on departmental personnel, how many of his Department's staff are  (a) without posts and  (b) subject to the internal market-based system; how many of the staff without posts were classified as such upon return from maternity leave; and how many of the staff without posts have been classified for at least (i) six and (ii) 12 months.

Ivan Lewis: With the exception of the senior civil service, all 1,552 of DFID civil service staff can apply for jobs through our market based internal posting system. While DFID sometimes has people between posts for short periods of time, we do not currently have any permanent members of staff classed as surplus.

Saville Inquiry

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 886W, on the Saville Inquiry, whether expenditure on legal fees is expected to increase.

Shaun Woodward: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 992W.

Departmental Data Protection

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many electronic or computer files her Department and its agencies lost in transit in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Jacqui Smith: Incidents of personal data losses are recorded centrally but the numbers of electronic and computer files contained within lost data is not recorded. To answer this question would fall into the disproportionate cost threshold.
	The Home Office has publicised details of personal data related incidents notified to the Information Commissioner's Office in 2007-08 in its Resource Accounts published in August 2008. In the first half of 2008-09 a notification was made to the Information Commissioner regarding the PA consulting data loss incident.

Domestic Violence

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, column 1074W, on domestic violence, what steps are being taken to reduce the incidence of such offences.

Alan Campbell: One of the key outcomes in our National Domestic Violence Reduction Delivery Plan is to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence, particularly in high incidence areas and/or communities. We are revisiting our delivery plan to ensure a greater focus on prevention. An example would be exploring how to change attitudes and behaviours of key audiences.
	One initiative which is currently being promoted through the school curriculum provides scope for education on addressing the underlying causes of violence and abuse relationships. One example is SEAL (social and emotional aspects of learning), which helps children develop their capacity to empathise, show respect and form positive relationships with other people. This can be expected to apply to any form of violent behaviour and thus prevent future incidences of domestic violence.

Forensic Science Service: Manpower

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many forensic scientists have  (a) left and  (b) joined the Forensic Science Service since 2001.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 2 February 2009
	Since 2002, the following number of forensic scientists(1) (including permanent, temporary and external employees) have  (a) left and  (b) joined Forensic Science Service Ltd. (FSS) as follows:
	(1) The term forensic scientist is taken to mean any scientist who carries out police casework. Information is not available for 2001.
	
		
			   Leavers  Starters 
			 1 June 2002 to 31 December 2002 71 99 
			 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003 139 105 
			 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 139 100 
			 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 116 112 
			 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006 143 73 
			 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 179 48 
			 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 190 153

Genetics: Databases

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 15 September 2008,  Official Report, columns 2069-70W, on genetics: databases, what her most recent estimate is of the number of DNA samples taken and loaded onto the national DNA database since 31 March 2008 which would not previously have been taken prior to the entry into force of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001; and if she will make a statement.

Alan Campbell: The National DNA Database is designed to match DNA taken from crime scenes with that taken from individuals. It does not hold information on whether those with records on it have convictions, as this is not necessary for this purpose. Some data on whether those on the NDNAD have convictions is available from the police national computer (PNC), but not as part of its routine functions and not within the cost limit for parliamentary questions. However, the National Policing Improvement Agency does obtain this information periodically and this was last done at the end of March 2008. The information is due to be obtained again at the end of March 2009.

Genetics: Databases

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many new profiles have been added to the national DNA database since December 2008, broken down by age group; how many have been added by each police force; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  with reference to the answer of 5 March 2008,  Official Report, columns 2669-70W, on genetics: databases, how many and what proportion of new DNA profiles added to the national DNA database in each month since 18 January 2008 relate to individuals aged  (a) under 16,  (b) 16 to 18,  (c) 19 to 20,  (d) 21 to 30,  (e) 31 to 40,  (f) 41 to 50,  (g) 51 to 60 and  (h) over 60 years, broken down by police force responsible for the profile being added; and if she will make a statement.

Alan Campbell: The figures given in Table 1 show the number of profiles added to the National DNA Database by English and Welsh forces during the period 1 to 22 January 2009, broken down by age group and the police force which added the profile.
	The figures given in Table 2 show the number of profiles added to the National DNA Database by English and Welsh forces during the period 18 January to 31 December 2008, broken down by age group and the police force which added the profile. It is not possible to break this information down by month except at disproportionate cost.
	The age breakdown in both tables is based on the age of the subjects as at 22 January 2009. The figures show the number of profiles added to the database. Some of these may since have been deleted.
	A proportion of DNA profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates, that is, a profile for a person has been loaded on more then one occasion (this may be because the person gave different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests, or because of upgrading of profiles). It is estimated that 13.3 per cent. of profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates. Therefore, the number of individuals on the NDNAD is approximately 13.3 per cent. less than the number of subject profiles. The presence of these replicate profiles on the NDNAD does not impact on the effectiveness and integrity of the database.
	
		
			  Table 1: Age on 22 January 2009 
			   Under 16  16-18  19-20  21-30  31-40 
			  Profiles loaded to the NDNAD 1-22 January 2009—Force  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group 
			 Avon and Somerset 60 6.8 91 10.4 81 9.2 260 29.6 173 19.7 
			 Bedfordshire 12 10.3 11 9.5 10 8.6 34 29.3 22 19.0 
			 British Transport 16 5.6 36 12.5 17 5.9 85 29.5 70 24.3 
			 Cambridgeshire 42 18.9 17 7.7 10 4.5 55 24.8 45 20.3 
			 Cheshire 31 6.2 43 8.5 46 9.1 155 30.8 99 19.7 
			 City of London 0 0.0 2 4.0 2 4.0 29 58.0 8 16.0 
			 Cleveland 23 7.2 39 12.1 34 10.6 96 29.9 58 18.1 
			 Cumbria 39 12.3 46 14.5 28 8.8 80 25.2 59 18.6 
			 Derbyshire 71 12.1 82 14.0 45 7.7 139 23.7 103 17.6 
			 Devon and Cornwall 27 8.3 38 11.7 29 8.9 106 32.5 61 18.7 
			 Dorset 17 6.4 32 12.0 31 11.6 72 27.0 53 19.9 
			 Durham 35 13.4 34 13.0 21 8.0 62 23.7 55 21.0 
			 Dyfed Powys 29 12.9 19 8.5 21 9.4 66 29.5 36 16.1 
			 Essex 95 10.9 105 12.0 75 8.6 196 22.5 182 20.8 
			 Gloucestershire 18 8.3 17 7.8 22 10.1 70 32.3 40 18.4 
			 Greater Manchester 113 7.8 158 10.9 124 8.5 458 31.6 284 19.6 
			 Gwent 38 9.7 64 16.3 35 8.9 91 23.2 61 15.6 
			 Hampshire 101 14.8 72 10.6 51 7.5 161 23.6 131 19.2 
			 Hertfordshire 42 8.3 81 16.0 34 6.7 149 29.5 81 16.0 
			 Humberside 63 12.2 47 9.1 45 8.7 132 25.5 103 19.9 
			 Kent 73 9.3 86 10.9 61 7.7 230 29.2 146 18.5 
			 Lancashire 164 9.7 197 11.6 143 8.4 459 27.1 341 20.1 
			 Leicestershire 32 9.2 44 12.6 29 8.3 100 28.7 69 19.8 
			 Lincolnshire 39 9.6 45 11.1 30 7.4 107 26.4 92 22.7 
			 Merseyside 130 6.3 238 11.6 199 9.7 713 34.7 400 19.5 
			 Metropolitan 365 7.1 519 10.2 300 5.9 1562 30.6 1,201 23.5 
			 Norfolk 16 5.5 42 14.4 23 7.9 68 23.4 57 19.6 
			 North Wales 57 11.0 76 14.6 46 8.8 112 21.5 94 18.1 
			 North Yorkshire 21 7.5 44 15.7 39 13.9 61 21.7 48 17.1 
			 Northamptonshire 16 7.2 36 16.3 19 8.6 68 30.8 36 16.3 
			 Northumbria 148 14.6 132 13.0 78 7.7 252 24.8 204 20.1 
			 Nottinghamshire 25 8.3 29 9.7 23 7.7 93 31.0 56 18.7 
			 South Wales 75 10.4 103 14.3 64 8.9 217 30.1 120 16.6 
			 South Yorkshire 58 9.0 92 14.2 58 9.0 186 28.7 123 19.0 
			 Staffordshire 35 3.5 102 10.1 96 9.5 365 36.1 221 21.8 
			 Suffolk 12 8.1 13 8.8 9 6.1 54 36.5 24 16.2 
			 Surrey 32 10.6 40 13.2 22 7.3 68 22.4 60 19.8 
			 Sussex 59 8.4 87 12.3 67 9.5 155 22.0 143 20.3 
			 Thames Valley 126 10.0 141 11.2 100 7.9 368 29.3 243 19.3 
			 Warwickshire 16 8.2 24 12.4 14 7.2 53 27.3 44 22.7 
			 West Mercia 44 9.6 64 14.0 29 6.3 125 27.4 71 15.5 
			 West Midlands 132 9.8 166 12.3 104 7.7 361 26.8 243 18.0 
			 West Yorkshire 140 10.5 162 12.2 99 7.4 348 26.1 278 20.9 
			 Wiltshire 33 9.7 37 10.9 36 10.6 85 24.9 59 17.3 
			 Total 2,720 8.9 3,553 11.7 2,449 8.0 8,706 28.6 6,097 20.0 
		
	
	
		
			   41-50  51-60  Over 60  Unknown age   
			  Profiles loaded to the NDNAD 1-22 January 2009—Force  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Total  % of all profiles which were loaded by this force 
			 Avon and Somerset 131 14.9 51 5.8 29 3.3 1 0.11 877 2.88 
			 Bedfordshire 13 11.2 10 8.6 4 3.4 0 0.00 116 0.38 
			 British Transport 45 15.6 16 5.6 3 1.0 0 0.00 288 0.94 
			 Cambridgeshire 31 14.0 15 6.8 7 3.2 0 0.00 222 0.73 
			 Cheshire 77 15.3 34 6.8 17 3.4 1 0.20 503 1.65 
			 City of London 6 12.0 2 4.0 0 0.0 1 2.00 50 0.16 
			 Cleveland 50 15.6 14 4.4 7 2.2 0 0.00 321 1.05 
			 Cumbria 37 11.7 22 6.9 6 1.9 0 0.00 317 1.04 
			 Derbyshire 93 15.9 33 5.6 17 2.9 3 0.51 586 1.92 
			 Devon and Cornwall 38 11.7 21 6.4 6 1.8 0 0.00 326 1.07 
			 Dorset 33 12.4 17 6.4 12 4.5 0 0.00 267 0.88 
			 Durham 34 13.0 17 6.5 4 1.5 0 0.00 262 0.86 
			 Dyfed Powys 30 13.4 17 7.6 6 2.7 0 0.00 224 0.73 
			 Essex 127 14.5 67 7.7 26 3.0 0 0.00 873 2.86 
			 Gloucestershire 32 14.7 13 6.0 4 1.8 1 0.46 217 0.71 
			 Greater Manchester 186 12.8 79 5.4 49 3.4 0 0.00 1,451 4.76 
			 Gwent 64 16.3 25 6.4 14 3.6 0 0.00 392 1.29 
			 Hampshire 91 13.4 48 7.0 26 3.8 0 0.00 681 2.23 
			 Hertfordshire 71 14.1 32 6.3 15 3.0 0 0.00 505 1.66 
			 Humberside 87 16.8 27 5.2 12 2.3 1 0.19 517 1.70 
			 Kent 122 15.5 38 4.8 32 4.1 0 0.00 788 2.58 
			 Lancashire 256 15.1 101 6.0 34 2.0 0 0.00 1,695 5.56 
			 Leicestershire 46 13.2 20 5.7 7 2.0 1 0.29 348 1.14 
			 Lincolnshire 55 13.6 26 6.4 11 2.7 0 0.00 405 1.33 
			 Merseyside 254 12.4 77 3.8 41 2.0 0 0.00 2,052 6.73 
			 Metropolitan 753 14.7 284 5.6 122 2.4 5 0.10 5,111 16.76 
			 Norfolk 44 15.1 26 8.9 15 5.2 0 0.00 291 0.95 
			 North Wales 85 16.3 38 7.3 12 2.3 0 0.00 520 1.71 
			 North Yorkshire 44 15.7 16 5.7 8 2.8 0 0.00 281 0.92 
			 Northamptonshire 29 13.1 12 5.4 5 2.3 0 0.00 221 0.72 
			 Northumbria 135 13.3 44 4.3 23 2.3 0 0.00 1,016 3.33 
			 Nottinghamshire 44 14.7 20 6.7 8 2.7 2 0.67 300 0.98 
			 South Wales 81 11.2 43 6.0 19 2.6 0 0.00 722 2.37 
			 South Yorkshire 89 13.7 28 4.3 14 2.2 0 0.00 648 2.13 
			 Staffordshire 121 12.0 50 4.9 22 2.2 0 0.00 1,012 3.32 
			 Suffolk 16 10.8 13 8.8 7 4.7 0 0.00 148 0.49 
			 Surrey 45 14.9 25 8.3 11 3.6 0 0.00 303 0.99 
			 Sussex 114 16.1 51 7.2 30 4.2 0 0.00 706 2.32 
			 Thames Valley 186 14.8 61 4.8 29 2.3 4 0.32 1,258 4.13 
			 Warwickshire 25 12.9 10 5.2 8 4.1 0 0.00 194 0.64 
			 West Mercia 74 16.2 35 7.7 15 3.3 0 0.00 457 1.50 
			 West Midlands 192 14.2 95 7.0 55 4.1 0 0.00 1,348 4.42 
			 West Yorkshire 193 14.5 81 6.1 28 2.1 3 0.23 1,332 4.37 
			 Wiltshire 55 16.1 23 6.7 13 3.8 0 0.00 341 1.12 
			 Total 4,334 14.2 1,777 5.8 833 2.7 23 0.08 30,492 100.00 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Age on 22 January 2009 
			   Under 16  16-18  19-20  21-30  31-40 
			  Profiles loaded to the NDNAD 18 January to 31 December 2008—Force  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group 
			 Avon and Somerset 1,170 9.6 1,654 13.5 990 8.1 3,339 27.3 2,192 17.9 
			 Bedfordshire 462 9.4 571 11.6 444 9.0 1,486 30.2 975 19.8 
			 British Transport 290 4.6 739 11.6 582 9.2 2,209 34.8 1,277 20.1 
			 Cambridgeshire 600 11.3 659 12.4 416 7.8 1,474 27.6 976 18.3 
			 Cheshire 781 9.4 1,098 13.2 764 9.2 2,208 26.6 1,573 18.9 
			 City of London 22 1.3 58 3.4 94 5.6 658 38.9 481 28.5 
			 Cleveland 644 12.2 714 13.5 483 9.1 1,331 25.2 926 17.5 
			 Cumbria 562 9.5 717 12.2 509 8.6 1,696 28.7 1,110 18.8 
			 Derbyshire 1,072 13.9 1,109 14.3 591 7.6 1,690 21.9 1,392 18.0 
			 Devon and Cornwall 995 8.8 1,584 14.0 1,014 9.0 2,914 25.7 1,941 17.1 
			 Dorset 440 8.6 636 12.4 486 9.4 1,395 27.1 894 17.4 
			 Durham 659 14.2 662 14.3 378 8.2 1,066 23.0 783 16.9 
			 Dyfed Powys 407 10.7 519 13.6 311 8.2 927 24.3 602 15.8 
			 Essex 1,899 12.6 1,944 12.9 1,119 7.4 3,626 24.0 2,735 18.1 
			 Gloucestershire 570 12.4 606 13.2 376 8.2 1,176 25.6 754 16.4 
			 Greater Manchester 2,622 11.0 3,010 12.6 1,842 7.7 6,554 27.4 4,682 19.6 
			 Gwent 466 10.4 690 15.5 422 9.5 1,122 25.1 725 16.2 
			 Hampshire 1,710 10.7 2,028 12.7 1,292 8.1 4,046 25.4 2,884 18.1 
			 Hertfordshire 876 10.8 1,095 13.5 657 8.1 2,020 24.9 1,484 18.3 
			 Humberside 869 12.4 936 13.3 514 7.3 1,891 26.9 1,228 17.5 
			 Kent 1,666 11.8 1,784 12.6 1,126 7.9 3,605 25.4 2,557 18.0 
			 Lancashire 1,125 7.9 1,795 12.7 1,280 9.0 3,867 27.3 2,778 19.6 
			 Leicestershire 458 7.9 701 12.1 500 8.6 1,683 29.1 1,095 18.9 
			 Lincolnshire 521 8.9 731 12.5 552 9.4 1,695 28.9 1,019 17.4 
			 Merseyside 1,517 9.0 2,275 13.5 1,569 9.3 4,715 28.1 2,954 17.6 
			 Metropolitan 6,469 7.7 8,932 10.7 5,332 6.4 25,009 29.9 18,716 22.4 
			 Norfolk 626 11.4 709 12.9 434 7.9 1,380 25.1 995 18.1 
			 North Wales 645 10.8 821 13.7 541 9.1 1,508 25.3 1,019 17.1 
			 North Yorkshire 713 11.8 797 13.2 518 8.6 1,486 24.6 1,034 17.1 
			 Northamptonshire 318 6.7 657 13.8 411 8.6 1,497 31.4 891 18.7 
			 Northumbria 2,273 14.0 1,963 12.1 1,419 8.7 4,321 26.5 2,765 17.0 
			 Nottinghamshire 972 10.0 1,325 13.6 786 8.1 2,561 26.3 1,722 17.7 
			 South Wales 1,008 9.4 1,430 13.4 972 9.1 2,949 27.6 1,935 18.1 
			 South Yorkshire 1,232 10.5 1,565 13.3 1,064 9.0 3,224 27.4 2,155 18.3 
			 Staffordshire 772 5.9 1,440 10.9 1,171 8.9 4,191 31.9 2,857 21.7 
			 Suffolk 691 12.7 721 13.3 431 7.9 1,402 25.8 935 17.2 
			 Surrey 550 8.9 880 14.2 514 8.3 1,528 24.7 1,119 18.1 
			 Sussex 1,037 9.7 1,412 13.1 806 7.5 2,580 24.0 2,024 18.8 
			 Thames Valley 1,737 9.3 2,537 13.5 1,484 7.9 5,145 27.4 3,662 19.5 
			 Warwickshire 347 9.3 480 12.9 313 8.4 1,025 27.5 703 18.9 
			 West Mercia 915 11.9 1,092 14.2 695 9.0 1,849 24.0 1,313 17.0 
			 West Midlands 2,979 11.1 3,403 12.7 2,019 7.6 6,994 26.2 5,197 19.4 
			 West Yorkshire 2,122 11.1 2,321 12.2 1,474 7.7 5,270 27.7 3,643 19.1 
			 Wiltshire 552 11.0 690 13.8 404 8.1 1,264 25.2 954 19.0 
			 Total 48,361 9.9 61,490 12.6 39,099 8.0 13,3576 27.3 93,656 19.1 
		
	
	
		
			   41-50  51-60  Over 60  Unknown age   
			  Profiles loaded to the NDNAD 18 January to 31 December 2008—Force  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Number of subject profiles  % of profiles loaded in this age group  Total  % of all profiles which were loaded by this force 
			 Avon and Somerset 1,776 14.5 752 6.2 354 2.9 0 0.00 12,227 2.50 
			 Bedfordshire 640 13.0 247 5.0 101 2.1 0 0.00 4,926 1.01 
			 British Transport 798 12.6 338 5.3 116 1.8 1 0.02 6,350 1.30 
			 Cambridgeshire 715 13.4 350 6.6 141 2.6 1 0.02 5,332 1.09 
			 Cheshire 1,144 13.8 507 6.1 235 2.8 0 0.00 8,310 1.70 
			 City of London 240 14.2 93 5.5 44 2.6 0 0.00 1,690 0.35 
			 Cleveland 725 13.7 330 6.2 131 2.5 0 0.00 5,284 1.08 
			 Cumbria 816 13.8 345 5.8 146 2.5 0 0.00 5,901 1.21 
			 Derbyshire 1,127 14.6 512 6.6 239 3.1 0 0.00 7,732 1.58 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1,661 14.7 783 6.9 429 3.8 0 0.00 11,321 2.31 
			 Dorset 737 14.3 345 6.7 211 4.1 0 0.00 5,144 1.05 
			 Durham 663 14.3 280 6.0 143 3.1 0 0.00 4,634 0.95 
			 Dyfed Powys 586 15.4 265 7.0 192 5.0 0 0.00 3,809 0.78 
			 Essex 2,279 15.1 998 6.6 489 3.2 16 0.11 15,105 3.09 
			 Gloucestershire 639 13.9 310 6.7 166 3.6 0 0.00 4,597 0.94 
			 Greater Manchester 3,305 13.8 1,348 5.6 568 2.4 1 0.00 23,932 4.89 
			 Gwent 622 13.9 289 6.5 129 2.9 0 0.00 4,465 0.91 
			 Hampshire 2,372 14.9 1,053 6.6 554 3.5 0 0.00 15,939 3.26 
			 Hertfordshire 1,183 14.6 533 6.6 251 3.1 0 0.00 8,099 1.65 
			 Humberside 969 13.8 419 6.0 209 3.0 0 0.00 7,035 1.44 
			 Kent 2,098 14.8 900 6.4 433 3.1 0 0.00 14,169 2.90 
			 Lancashire 2,007 14.1 899 6.3 435 3.1 0 0.00 14,186 2.90 
			 Leicestershire 854 14.8 360 6.2 132 2.3 3 0.05 5,786 1.18 
			 Lincolnshire 774 13.2 385 6.6 184 3.1 1 0.02 5,862 1.20 
			 Merseyside 2397 14.3 949 5.6 421 2.5 0 0.00 16,797 3.43 
			 Metropolitan 12,510 15.0 4,626 5.5 1,924 2.3 8 0.01 83,526 17.07 
			 Norfolk 763 13.9 358 6.5 228 4.1 2 0.04 5,495 1.12 
			 North Wales 841 14.1 365 6.1 232 3.9 0 0.00 5,972 1.22 
			 North Yorkshire 889 14.7 387 6.4 224 3.7 0 0.00 6,048 1.24 
			 Northamptonshire 601 12.6 260 5.5 130 2.7 1 0.02 4,766 0.97 
			 Northumbria 2,111 13.0 961 5.9 467 2.9 0 0.00 16,280 3.33 
			 Nottinghamshire 1,387 14.2 678 7.0 309 3.2 3 0.03 9,743 1.99 
			 South Wales 1,477 13.8 604 5.6 319 3.0 0 0.00 10,694 2.18 
			 South Yorkshire 1,579 13.4 652 5.5 298 2.5 0 0.00 11769 2.40 
			 Staffordshire 1,710 13.0 694 5.3 323 2.5 0 0.00 13,158 2.69 
			 Suffolk 727 13.4 337 6.2 179 3.3 1 0.02 5,424 1.11 
			 Surrey 964 15.6 418 6.8 212 3.4 5 0.08 6,190 1.26 
			 Sussex 1,669 15.5 787 7.3 429 4.0 0 0.00 10,744 2.20 
			 Thames Valley 2,581 13.7 1,098 5.8 520 2.8 10 0.05 18,774 3.84 
			 Warwickshire 532 14.3 198 5.3 128 3.4 0 0.00 3,726 0.76 
			 West Mercia 1,096 14.2 471 6.1 280 3.6 0 0.00 7,711 1.58 
			 West Midlands 3,734 14.0 1,582 5.9 818 3.1 5 0.02 26,731 5.46 
			 West Yorkshire 2,540 13.3 1,142 6.0 524 2.8 2 0.01 19,038 3.89 
			 Wiltshire 749 15.0 260 5.2 135 2.7 0 0.00 5,008 1.02 
			 Total 69,587 14.2 29,468 6.0 14,132 2.9 60 0.01 489,429 100.00

Identity Cards

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of identity cards to be issued to  (a) foreign nationals and  (b) British and Irish citizens resident in the UK in each year to 2014-15.

Jacqui Smith: h olding answer 27 January 2009
	 : The UK Border Agency expects to issue in the region of 50,000 cards by the end of April 2009 to non-EEA foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. Volumes will rise rapidly thereafter.
	Under current plans over the next three years the scheme will be extended to other categories for non-EEA foreign nationals extending their stay in the UK and be widened to include those coming in to the UK on visas for more than six months. Within three years we expect to be issuing over one million identity cards a year to foreign nationals. All new entrants and those extending their stay will have a card within three years.
	The following table summarises the estimated volumes published in the November 2008 National Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report, combining the total volume of Identity Cards and Passports issued by IPS to British and Irish Citizens resident in the UK. The figures for issuing both products were combined as, in many cases, the same application would result in the issue of both a passport and an identity card.
	
		
			  Estimated passport and identity card products issued to British and Irish citizens resident in the  UK 
			  (m illion ) 
			 2009-10 5.5 
			 2010-11 5.4 
			 2011-12 5.9 
			 2012-13 7.9 
			 2013-14 10.5 
			 2014-15 12.5 
		
	
	This is the most recently published information on product volumes that is currently available. The Identity and Passport Service is currently developing the product choice offered to customers, as indicated in the National Identity Scheme Delivery Plan published in March 2008, figures for the projected product volumes will be published in due course.

Immigration Controls

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will commission an independent inquiry into the socio-economic effects of the  (a) new points-based immigration system and  (b) new civil penalties regime.

Jacqui Smith: Significant policy proposals, such as the statements of intent for the various tiers of the points-based system, are regularly referred to the migration impacts forum in order to obtain the forums view on the likely impacts of those policies on the UK.

Immigration: Appeals

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were waiting for a successful appeal against a UK Borders Agency determination to be reflected in their documented immigration status at 31 December  (a) 2003,  (b) 2004,  (c) 2005,  (d) 2006,  (e) 2007 and  (f) 2008.

Jacqui Smith: Information on the number of people who were waiting for a successful appeal against a UK Border Agency determination to be reflected in their documented immigration status at 31 December  (a) 2003,  (b) 2004,  (c)2005,  (d) 2006,  (e) 2007 and  (f) 2008 is not available.

Independent Police Complaints Commission: Standards

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCC) target is for the time to conclude investigation of a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint; what the average time taken per case has been since the IPCC was established; and if she will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office does not hold the information requested as this is a matter for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). A copy of your letter has been sent to the IPCC and they will respond to you direct.

Police: Resignations

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many heads of police forces have been requested to resign by  (a) her and her predecessors and  (b) the relevant police authority in each year since 1997.

Jacqui Smith: The information is as follows:
	 (a) Following the fatal shooting of James Ashley in 1998 the then Home Secretary wrote to Sussex police in 2001 urging it to take action to restore public confidence. Paul Whitehouse the chief constable retired.
	Michael Bichard's independent enquiry into child protection measures, record keeping, vetting and information sharing in Humberside police and Cambridgeshire constabulary reported in 2004. Subsequently the then Home Secretary required Humberside police authority to suspend chief constable David Westwood. David Westwood retired.
	 (b) The Home Office does not keep records of all discussions between police authorities and heads of police forces.

Security: Illegal Immigration

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many of the 3,275 cases where persons were suspected of working in the security industry in breach of immigration laws after a false name or national insurance number had been given to the Security Industry Authority have resulted in the  (a) prosecution and  (b) deportation or removal of the person concerned from the United Kingdom.

Phil Woolas: Premature release of information relating to the introduction of right to work checks within the security industry was likely to have forewarned potential targets of our investigation into illegal working and compromise the UK Border Agency's opportunity to mount targeted, intelligence led removal operations. Nevertheless the UK Border Agency carried out an extensive programme of visits to workplaces and home addresses during the course of its subsequent investigation.
	UK Border Agency internal management information indicates that 13 cases have been proceeded against for criminal offences, mainly involving forgery or the use of false identities and at least 35 former Security Industry Authority licence holders have been removed so far. This information has not been quality assured under national statistics protocols, is subject to change and should be treated as provisional.
	In February this year, we introduced a tough new system of heavy financial penalties for employers found to be employing illegal migrant workers, making it progressively more difficult for illegal immigrants to remain in the United Kingdom. As a result of this—and the publicity surrounding action taken to revoke these licences—we believe that many more individuals will have left the country voluntarily at no cost to the UK taxpayer.

Stop and Search

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 1628-29W, on stop and search, how many of those searched in each year were subsequently arrested.

Vernon Coaker: Information on the number of persons stopped and searched under section 44 (sections 1 and 2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 and resultant arrests, from 1999-2000 to 2006-07 (latest available) are provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Searches of pedestrians, vehicles and occupants under sections 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000( 1)  and resultant arrests, 1999-2000 to 2006-07—England and Wales 
			  Number 
			   Stops and searches in order to prevent acts of terrorism 
			   Total searches  Resultant arrests 
			 1999-2000 1,900 18 
			 2000-01 6,400 45 
			 2001-02 10,200 189 
			 2002-03 32,100 380 
			 2003-04 33,800 491 
			 2004-05(2) 37,000 468 
			 2005-06 50,000 563 
			 2006-07 41,900 480 
			 (1) Formerly sections 13A and 13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and repealed under the Terrorism Act 2000 (which came into force on 19 February 2001). (2) Figures updated since publication of the 2004-05 Bulletin.

Armed Forces: Journalism

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 82-3W, how many journalists have been embedded in the armed forces since 1997; and for how long in each case.

Kevan Jones: Since April 2005, 537 media visits were facilitated to destinations worldwide. These figures exclude May to July 2005 for which no data is available. The number of journalists involved in each visit varies and exact figures are not available.
	Most journalists will spend between one and two weeks in theatre.
	Data representing the number of media visits prior to April 2005 is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Prosthetics

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of prosthetic limbs for service personnel injured on operations  (a) for the first fitting of the limb and  (b) for second and subsequent replacement limbs; and what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time between the submission of a request for a prosthetic limb and the fitting of the limb in such cases.

Kevan Jones: holding  answer 27 January 2009
	 : Injured service personnel who require prosthetic limbs are supplied with tailor made prostheses with state of the art componentry which is matched to their clinical needs. Service patients requiring such prostheses are transferred to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court when they are medically stable. Within typically two days of arrival they are seen by a prosthetist in order to cast a bespoke socket that will cover the stump and allow attachment of the prosthetic limb itself. The limb is then typically supplied within five days of admission to Headley Court and fitted when it is clinically appropriate. The patient is also given a second limb as a spare and additional limbs or fittings as are required to improve functionality. In cases where a simple replacement of a component is appropriate, individual patient data held at DMRC enables the new item to be manufactured and supplied without necessarily requiring the patient to attend Headley Court in person.
	For veterans, the standard of prosthetic limb provision to injured personnel by the Defence Medical Services will, as a minimum, be matched by the NHS to Great Britain as set out in the Service Personnel Command Paper.

EU Rapid Reaction Force

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2008,  Official Report, column 754W, on the EU Rapid Reaction Force, what the UK contribution is to the 50,000 to 60,000 person military force.

John Hutton: There is no EU Rapid Reaction Force.
	However, the UK continues to support the Helsinki Headline Goal that all EU member states agreed to in 1999, which calls for EU member states to be able to:
	"deploy within 60 days and sustain for at least one year military forces of up to 50,000 to 60,000 persons capable of the full range of Petersberg tasks."
	This represents an overarching target for member states' collective level of capability, from which the EU's capability development framework takes its lead. It does not imply the creation of a standing EU force of any kind. Any commitment to an EU-led operation is voluntary and is a decision for national Governments to make on a case by case basis.

Military Aircraft

Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what estimate his Department has made of the cost of purchasing and converting three replacement United States Air Force KC-135R aircraft into RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft and associated equipment and services to UK requirements; what assessment he has made of the additional capability such aircraft will provide; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what estimate his Department has made of the cost of supplying and modifying three replacement MRA4 aircraft platforms to fit UK requirements; what assessment he has made of the additional capability such platforms will provide; and if he will make a statement.

Quentin Davies: The HELIX programme is examining the future manned airborne electronic surveillance capability.
	The costs of using the Nimrod MRA4 platform and the RIVET JOINT system and the capabilities they provide are currently being assessed against this requirement, along with the Nimrod R1 platform, as part of the preparations for a main investment decision expected in 2009.
	The Nimrod MRA4 production contract covers nine aircraft with an option to productionise the three trials aircraft. We continue to discuss this possible extra work with BAE Systems, but no decision has yet been reached.

Navy: Piracy

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his Answer of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 38W, on Navy: piracy, whether  (a) CTF-150 and  (b) CTF-151 will have operational priority for use of HMS Portland.

Bob Ainsworth: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 29 January 2009,  Official Report, column 721W.
	Given the inherent flexibility of our Royal Navy assets, HMS Portland will be able to switch between CTF 150 and CTF 151 to exploit capability in the region and support international requirements.

Warships

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, on warships, what the  (a) required and  (b) actual level of spare part availability has been for each (i) frigate, (ii) destroyer and (iii) submarine type in the Royal Navy in each year since 2001.

Quentin Davies: As I stated in my answer on 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, there is no requirement to measure the availability of spare parts for Royal Navy vessels in the format requested as availability is measured at equipment rather than platform level. The new system currently being rolled out to record performance statistics for equipment demands only holds data from the last 12 months which I provided in my earlier response; information prior to this could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Climate Change

Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of its capacity to adapt to climate change; and what plans he has to publish a climate change adaptation strategy.

Jonathan R Shaw: In July 2008, the cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme published Adapting to Climate Change in England—a framework for action which set out the Government's strategy for adaptation and the work-plan for the cross-Government Programme for the next three years. This programme increases Government's capacity to adapt by ensuring a coordinated approach across all Departments and the public sector, and overall responsibility for it rests with DEFRA. Information about the programme can be found at
	www.defra.gov/adaptation.
	This includes taking forward work flowing from the Climate Change Act—including a national Climate Change Risk Assessment and cost benefit analysis which will inform future priorities for the statutory adaptation programme beginning in 2012.
	The Government's longer term strategy on adapting to a changing climate will be set out in this statutory National Adaptation Programme, which will be reviewed and updated on a five year rolling basis in response to updated risk assessments, and reported to Parliament.
	DWP recognises that the most vulnerable in society may be disproportionately affected by climate change. As such, we consider it important to take steps to adapt to the short, medium and long-term risks and impacts.
	In 2003, DWP undertook some initial exploratory work, updated it late last year, and commissioned the Meteorological Office to undertake a review of the impacts of climate change on the Department's policies and operations. The Meteorological Office report was received earlier this year and its findings are now being taken into consideration in formulating the future programme of climate change adaptation work, based on the priorities identified. The Department's Planning Performance and Risk Committee is leading on this work and has endorsed the initial findings of the review. An update to the review will be commissioned once the revised UK Climate Projections are published in the new year.
	The Department continues to build climate change into its contingency planning work, and works closely with colleagues from other Government Departments to develop a joint coordinated approach to adapting to climate change. We also sit on the pan-government Domestic Adaptation Programme Board.

Departmental Marketing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on advertising in the last 12 months.

Jonathan R Shaw: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Ribble Valley on 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 981W.

Departmental Training

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008,  Official Report, column 552W, on departmental training, what personal training courses at public expense other Ministers in his Department have undertaken since 1 January 2008.

Jonathan R Shaw: Other Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions have taken the following personal training courses at public expense since 1 January 2008:
	Action Learning Set: 1 Minister
	Financial Management: 1 Minister
	Governance and Public Accountability: 1 Minister.

Jobcentre Plus: Crimes Against Property

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times criminal damage has taken place in Jobcentre Plus premises in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month since the creation of Jobcentre Plus; and what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from such criminal damage.

Tony McNulty: Under the terms of the Department's estate PFI (private finance initiative) Prime contract, responsibility for meeting the costs of repairing damage to Jobcentre Plus buildings falls to our estates partner, Trillium. No central records are kept of instances of criminal damage, and the associated costs of repair, and this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Jobseeker's Allowance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of  (a) employment vacancies and  (b) persons claiming jobseeker's allowance in each parliamentary constituency.

Tony McNulty: Information on the number of employment vacancies and persons claiming jobseekers allowance in each parliamentary constituency has been placed in the Library.

Mentally Ill: Discrimination

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent steps he has taken to reduce levels of discrimination on grounds of mental health; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, which this Government have improved and strengthened, particularly through the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, provides a comprehensive set of enforceable rights for disabled people, including those with mental health conditions (who meet the DDA's definition of a disabled person.)
	To improve our support for disabled people we have recently been working with MIND (the mental health charity) to pilot flexible Access to Work support for people with fluctuating mental health conditions. Our Employability campaign challenges preconceptions and offers practical information and support to help make employing disabled people (including people with poor mental health) as easy as possible.
	In addition to this, 'Improving health and work: changing lives', the Government's response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population, set out a number of measures the Government intend to take to help reduce the stigma and discrimination often associated with poor mental health.
	The most prominent current initiative is the development of the first ever cross-Government National Mental Health and Employment Strategy which will specifically focus on issues such as stigma and discrimination. We expect that this strategy will be published in the spring.

Banks: Iceland

Anthony Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Financial Services Compensation Scheme will compensate Mr. Simon Dunne Barker of Marlborough, Devon for the losses he incurred following the collapse of the Icelandic banking sector.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 2009
	The FSCS is an independent organisation set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
	The FSCS confirmed on 25 November that it is has sent out compensation claim forms to all the savers that they have records for at Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander(KSF) who did not transfer to ING Direct. On 12 December the FSCS announced that their claims teams have been processing the application forms received back from savers.
	The FSCS's priority is to pay eligible retail depositors their compensation as quickly as possible. Claimants can contact the FSCS directly if they would like more information about their claim.

Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department were disciplined for  (a) bullying and  (b) harassment of colleagues in each of the last three years.

Angela Eagle: In each of the last three years there has been fewer than five staff disciplined for both  (a) bullying and  (b) harassment.

Departmental Public Relations

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  how much was spent by his Department and bodies for which it is responsible on external public relations consultants and companies in each year from 2001-02;
	(2)  how much his Department and its agencies have spent on external public relations firms outside the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework in the last 36 months.

Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram) on 26 Nov 2008,  Official Report, column 1894W and the answer given by the former Financial Secretary (Mr Healey) to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 11 Jun 2007,  Official Report, column 828W.

Equitable Life

Michael Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are being taken in respect of the officials in  (a) his Department,  (b) the Financial Services Authority and  (c) the Government Actuary's Department criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman for maladministration over Equitable Life.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 28 January 2009
	The parliamentary ombudsman, who considered events in the period preceding 1 December 2001, did not direct any criticisms at individual officials.

EU Budget

David Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value in sterling of the reduction in the UK's rebate to its contribution to the EU budget negotiated in December 2005.

Ian Pearson: The December 2005 Budget agreement sets a cap on the disapplication of the UK abatement in 2004 prices in the current Budget period. The Sterling value of this cap will depend upon changes in the exchange rate against the Euro within the Budget period.

Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander

John Butterfill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to lift the administration order on Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander UK; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 27 January 2009
	On 8 October Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (KSF UK) was, following due legal process, put into administration. The application for an administration order was made by the Financial Services Authority. The order was made by the court. The administration process of KSF UK is a matter for the Administrators of KSF UK.

Landsbanki: Guernsey

Mark Oaten: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1636, on Landsbanki Guernsey, what estimate he has made of the cost incurred by depositors in the UK as a consequence of the collapse of Landsbanki Guernsey.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 28 January 2009
	The UK Government and the Financial Services Authority do not hold such information.
	Arrangements for depositors in banks in Guernsey are a matter for the Governments of the Guernsey.

Members: Correspondence

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 18 October 2008 from the hon. Member for Romsey on provisions for the banking sector.

Ian Pearson: Due to the large volume of correspondence received on these issues there has been a delay in sending some responses. The Financial Services Secretary hopes to be in a position to reply to the hon. Member shortly.

Members: Correspondence

Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 15 October 2008 on savings in Isle of Man banks on behalf of a constituent, Mr Harris.

Ian Pearson: Due to the large volume of correspondence received on these issues there has been a delay in sending some responses. The Financial Services Secretary hopes to be in a position to reply to the hon. Member shortly.

Non-domestic Rates: Valuation

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  how many businesses in each local authority area occupy premises with rateable values between £10,000 and £14,999; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many businesses occupy premises with rateable values below £10,000 are receiving small business rate relief; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses there are on the ratings list in each local authority area with rateable values below £10,000; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Timms: Local authorities reported that there were 392,000 businesses in England in receipt of small business rate relief as at 31 December 2006, the only year for which this information is currently available.
	Information on the rateable value of properties owned by businesses in receipt of the relief is not available.
	Responsibility for policy on business rates in other parts of the United Kingdom lies with the devolved administrations.

Arts Club

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, column 303W, on departmental procurement, who attended the dinner at the Arts Club organised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Maria Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	The Equality and Human Rights Commission held a business dinner for its Commissioners at the Arts Club on 12 February 2007. The attendees were 12 EHRC Commissioners, an EHRC official member of staff and a personal assistant to one of the Commissioners. The dinner was an opportunity for Commissioners to meet with each other and discuss the Commission's agenda, including the identification of priorities, during the transition period. It was also the first opportunity for Commissioners to meet together in a less formal setting than the monthly board meetings.

Community Relations: Finance

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the additional £5 million in funding for local authorities, Government offices and police in support of work in schools, colleges and universities which she announced on 10 December 2008 will be allocated between the three groups in 2009-10 and 2010-11; on what basis the allocations will be made; how the effectiveness of the funding will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: I have been asked to reply.
	The additional £5 million was announced in the Home Secretary's speech of 10 December at the national Prevent conference and supports activity this financial year (2008-09). The announcement relates to a joint funding package from the Home Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The funding is allocated as follows:
	£1.68 million to all local authorities to help with the local roll-out of the published schools toolkit "Learning Together to be Safe". Funding levels reflect the number of schools and include a boost for those areas that receive Prevent funding to reflect the scale of the challenge.
	£3 million for 24 priority police forces to work with Government offices and other partners to support Prevent work in schools and education institutions including higher and further education. The distribution of this allocation was based on the Association of Chief Police Officers guidance criteria which included an assessment of population vulnerability and evaluated intelligence.
	£480,000 to buy the copyright to provide free access for schools and colleges to the Kids Taskforce's "Watch Over Me" DVD for three years supplemented by 60 training days on the product for teachers and local partners.
	Any additional allocations for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are yet to be finalised.
	Government offices are providing monthly updates to the Home Office through the Government Prevent Progress tracker and the police are submitting six weekly returns to the Association of Chief Police Officers. In addition, we will conduct a 'lessons learned' exercise at the end of 2008-09 to produce a document for partners outlining the hallmarks for effective police prevent activity in the education world.

Council Housing: Crosby

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many non-decent council homes there are in Crosby constituency; and how many there were in  (a) 1997,  (b) 2001 and  (c) 2005.

Iain Wright: Data on levels of non-decency is collected at local authority level and was not collected prior to 2001. In 2001 Sefton borough council reported that 9,715 of the homes they managed failed the decent homes standard, in 2005 it was 7,500.

Departmental Procurement

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, column 304W, on departmental procurement, what the purpose of the expenditure on Info Terra Ltd was; and what goods or services were purchased.

Sadiq Khan: Of the £125,409.81 paid to Info Terra Ltd in 2007-2008, £85,410.16 was made in connection with a series of contracts let by the Department to provide a digital mapping service. The remainder, £39,999.65 was paid for Phase 2 of the Green Spaces Database, which comprised web mapping, data migration and green space quality indicators.

Departmental Recycling

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much  (a) paper,  (b) plastic and  (c) other waste was produced by her Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such waste was recycled.

Sadiq Khan: The quantity of paper, plastic and other waste, and the proportion recycled by Communities and Local Government in each of the last three years is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Central Department  Executive Agencies 
			  Tonnes  of material   
			  2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 
			 Paper(1) 132 127 263 104 104 125 
			 Plastic 7 8 8 0.1 0.1 0.2 
			 Other Recycled Waste 185 128 153 279 266 375 
			 Total Recycled Waste(2) 324 264 425 383 370 500 
			 General Waste 203 197 200 338 310 178 
			 Total Waste 527 461 624 721 680 679 
			
			 Recycled rate (percentage) 61 57 68 53 54 74 
			 (1 )The data for paper includes cardboard as these materials are often mixed for recycling (2 )These data include composted material and materials separated and sent for external reuse by other organisations  Note:  These figures do not include data from the Government Offices for the Regions

Fire Services: Safety

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the Fire Brigades Union on the safety of firefighters.

Sadiq Khan: John Healey and I met with the FBU Parliamentary Group on 17 December 2008 and firefighter safety was discussed with FBU representatives. Since then I have written to the FBU General Secretary following up the publication of their report 'In the Line of Duty', which focused on this issue.
	Furthermore, my officials have held positive discussions with the FBU on this issue and I will discuss the matter further with the FBU when we next routinely meet.

Geographical Information Systems

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2009,  Official Report, column 603W, on geographical information systems, what the timetable is for a decision on implementation of a national geo-portal; and whether cadastral information will be included on it.

Huw Irranca-Davies: I have been asked to reply.
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 13 January 2009,  Official Report, column 603W, that a national geo-portal is being considered among the implementation options for the INSPIRE Directive. Decisions on implementation will be taken through the governance arrangements that are being established to oversee implementation of INSPIRE and the closely related UK Location Strategy(1) i.e. the Location Council. As 'cadastral parcels or equivalent' is one of the data themes in scope of INSPIRE, we are obliged to include it in the preferred option for INSPIRE implementation.
	(1) Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom was published by Communities and Location Government on the 25 November 2008. (http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1072942)

Homebuy Scheme

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1271W, on housing: low incomes, how much of the funding for the Homebuy Direct programme will be allocated to each region of England.

Iain Wright: HomeBuy Direct is a shared equity scheme that is offered on specific new build properties bought forward by developers. These properties were selected through a competitive bidding process that concluded in December 2008. On 15 December, we announced the outcomes of this competition, including the number of properties selected for the scheme in each region and the maximum Government investment that these properties represent.
	The following table sets out the maximum Government investment figures for each region. These figures are based on the Homes and Communities Agency providing a 15 per cent. equity loan on every HomeBuy Direct property in each region (not all purchasers will necessarily qualify for the maximum equity loan—this will depend on what they are able to afford). The figures are also based on current estimated open market property values.
	
		
			  Region  Maximum government investment (£ million) 
			 East Midlands 55.1 
			 Eastern 55.0 
			 London 45.5 
			 North East 39.9 
			 North West 51.8 
			 South East 79.2 
			 South West 46.6 
			 West Midlands 50.5 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 61.7 
		
	
	The division of funding shown in the table reflects the pattern of approved bids bought forward by developers. It is important to note that the actual level of Government investment in each region will depend on take-up by first time buyers, and that Government investment will be matched 'pound for pound' by the participating developers.

Homebuy Scheme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were sold under the Social Homebuy Scheme in  (a) each region and  (b) each London borough in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.

Iain Wright: The following tables show the number of social homebuy sales broken down by regions and London boroughs for each year from 2006-07 to 2008-09.
	
		
			  Social homebuy sales by regions in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 
			   Sales 
			  Region  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09( 1)  Total to date 
			 London(2) 23 79 36 138 
			 South Eastern 2 20 9 31 
			 South Western 0 2 0 2 
			 Eastern 1 4 2 7 
			 East Midlands 3 2 0 5 
			 West Midlands 0 6 11 17 
			 North East 2 7 7 16 
			 North West 4 34 21 59 
			 York and Humber 12 6 0 18 
			 Total RSL sale 47 160 86 293 
			 (1) To the end of December 2008. (2) Figures includes seven sales in local authority sector (i.e. three sales by London borough of Southwark in 2007-08 and four sales in 2008-09, two by London borough of Southwark and two by London borough of Croydon). 
		
	
	
		
			  Social homebuy sales by London boroughs in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 
			   Sales 
			  London borough  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09( 1)  Total to date 
			 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 1 1 
			 Barnet 0 1 0 1 
			 Bexley 0 2 2 4 
			 Brent 0 5 1 6 
			 Bromley 0 5 2 7 
			 Camden 0 0 1 1 
			 Croydon(2) 6 4 6 16 
			 Ealing 0 4 0 4 
			 Enfield 0 3 0 3 
			 Greenwich 0 5 0 5 
			 Hackney 2 9 1 12 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 10 4 1 15 
			 Haringey 0 2 2 4 
			 Hillingdon 2 0 0 2 
			 Hounslow 0 5 0 5 
			 Islington 0 0 1 1 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 3 8 2 13 
			 Lambeth 0 3 1 4 
			 Lewisham 0 2 0 2 
			 Merton 0 1 0 1 
			 Newham 0 3 7 10 
			 Richmond upon Thames 0 2 0 2 
			 Southwark(3) 0 6 4 10 
			 Tower Hamlets 0 1 2 3 
			 Waltham Forest 0 1 2 3 
			 Westminster 0 3 0 3 
			 Total 23 79 36 138 
			 (1) To the end of December 2008. (2) Croydon sales figure in 2008-09 include two sales by the local authority. (3) Southwark sales figures include five sales by the authority, three in 2007-08 and two in 2008-09.

Homebuy Scheme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many  (a) landlords,  (b) housing associations and  (c) local authorities participated in the Social HomeBuy Scheme in (i) each region in England and (ii) each London borough in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09.

Iain Wright: Tables have been deposited in the Library that show participating landlords in each region in England and each London borough in each year from 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Homebuy Scheme

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many completed Social Homebuy sales there have been to date.

Iain Wright: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1141W.

Homelessness

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what support services are offered by her Department to help homeless people find housing; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  whether the Government plans to change levels of funding for services to and support for homeless people; and if will make a statement;
	(3)  what steps her Department is taking to provide accommodation for homeless people.

Iain Wright: The Government take all aspects of homelessness very seriously. We have allocated over £200 million to local authorities and voluntary organisations over the next three years (2008-11) to tackle and prevent homelessness in their area. This is the biggest ever cash injection for homelessness services.
	Over recent months Government have announced a series of measures and new funding that will help homeowners remain in their home wherever possible. This help includes the £200 million Mortgage Rescue Scheme which should enable up to 6,000 of the most vulnerable households to avoid repossession; the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme which will allow households to defer payment on their mortgage for up to two years; and substantial changes to Support for Mortgage Interest by reducing the waiting time from 39 weeks to 13 weeks, and increasing the capital limit to £200,000.
	In addition, my Department has provide £2.5 million funding to the National Homelessness Advice Service (NHAS) which is a partnership between Shelter and the Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABx) providing high quality advice on homelessness prevention through the network of participating CABx and other voluntary agencies across England. The funding will also help to strengthen NHAS responses to support those people facing repossession. This will involve training 1,000 front line advice workers in Shelter and CABx which NHAS will also roll out to local authorities.
	In November 2008 we launched "No One Left Out: communities ending rough sleeping", an action plan developed with leading rough sleeping charities which uses action, advice and assistance across England to prevent the flow of people onto the streets, as well as to support those already there to get off the streets into stability. This is supported by our "Places of Change" programme which is transforming services for rough sleepers. £80 million has been provided for the period 2008-11.
	The Supporting People programme provides housing-related support to the most vulnerable in society. In December 2007 we announced a further £4.9 billion funding up to 31 March 2011
	Government have also provided additional funding for advice services. Last year CLG funded 40 court desks that provide free legal representation at repossession hearings and are successful in 85 per cent. of cases where people attend court. We continue to review court desk funding.
	The Department also monitors local authorities' activities under the homelessness legislation.

Homelessness

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were homeless in  (a) the City of Southampton,  (b) the ceremonial county of Hampshire,  (c) Test Valley borough and  (d) England in each of the last five years.

Iain Wright: Information about English local housing authorities' actions under the homelessness legislation (part 7 of the Housing Act 1996) is collected quarterly at local authority level, about households rather than individuals.
	Data collected includes the number of households accepted by local housing authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty (to secure that suitable accommodation is available). If a settled home is not immediately available, the authority must secure temporary accommodation until a settled home becomes available.
	Information is also collected on the number of people who sleep rough. Mid-year rough sleeping estimates have been published annually since 1998, and give a snapshot of the number of people sleeping rough on a single night, based on local authority street counts in those areas where there is a known or suspected rough sleeping problem.
	Summary tables showing the total number of households accepted as owed a main homelessness duty and in temporary accommodation for each year since 1997-98, and rough sleeper estimates for each year since 1998, for each local authority, were provided in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring) on 26 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 1499-1500W, and are available in the Library.
	An extract showing data for each local authority within the ceremonial county of Hampshire (which includes both Test Valley borough and Southampton city council), and England, is shown as follows:
	
		
			  Table A: Number of households accepted as owed a main homelessness duty during the year, Hampshire and England, 2003-04 to 2007-08 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Basingstoke and Deane 121 126 105 77 25 
			 East Hampshire 208 182 89 82 35 
			 Eastleigh 119 73 70 57 63 
			 Fareham 169 97 110 44 31 
			 Gosport 242 258 218 173 89 
			 Hart 53 76 (1)— 10 4 
			 Havant 208 198 152 99 100 
			 New Forest 161 75 86 91 80 
			 Portsmouth 760 636 529 298 302 
			 Rushmoor 159 98 25 25 24 
			 Southampton 699 591 475 285 184 
			 Test Valley 110 72 69 21 17 
			 Winchester 54 37 (1)— 35 40 
			 England(2) 135,430 120,860 93,980 73,360 63,170 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: Number of households in temporary accommodation at end of year, Hampshire and England, March 2004 to March 2008 
			   2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Basingstoke and Deane 230 137 163 134 87 
			 East Hampshire 185 197 165 154 125 
			 Eastleigh 54 37 43 32 26 
			 Fareham 142 136 115 52 41 
			 Gosport 274 391 362 317 221 
			 Hart 52 50 19 8 5 
			 Havant 426 395 369 278 180 
			 New Forest 423 423 327 264 186 
			 Portsmouth 121 134 130 109 117 
			 Rushmoor 51 57 27 19 14 
			 Southampton 223 232 232 189 157 
			 Test Valley 100 93 131 83 53 
			 Winchester 70 51 46 39 44 
			 England(2) 97,680 101,070 96,370 87,120 77,510 
			 (1) Data not reported by local authority (2) National figures include estimates of missing data. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table C: Number of rough sleepers (persons), Hampshire and England, 2004 to 2008 
			  Mid-year estimate, based on count, or zero if no problem is known or suspected 
			   2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Basingstoke and Deane 2 0 0 0 0 
			 East Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Fareham 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Gosport 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hart 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Havant 0 0 0 0 0 
			 New Forest 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Portsmouth 0 6 0 0 0 
			 Rushmoor 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Southampton 0 0 0 6 0 
			 Test Valley 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 
			 England 508 459 502 498 483 
		
	
	Figures for acceptances and temporary accommodation at national, regional and local authority level can be found in the supplementary tables of our quarterly statistical release on Statutory Homelessness. This is published on our website and placed in the Library each quarter at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingstatistics/housingstatisticsby/homelessnessstatistics/publicationshomelessness/
	English rough sleeper estimates, by local authority, and the count guidance are published and can be found at the following web address:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/homelessness/roughsleeping/

Housing: Low Incomes

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 30 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1270W, on housing: low incomes, what the timetable for all social housing stock to be recorded on the National Register of Social Housing is; and whether it is mandatory for  (a) local authorities and  (b) housing associations to provide property information for the Register.

Iain Wright: The targets for provision of data to the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH) are phased. The first target is for those local authorities that still own social housing and large housing associations to provide a list of their social housing together with confirmation of ownership and manager by 31 March 2009.
	The second target is to provide additional priority attribute data by 31 March 2010. Small housing associations have until 31 March 2010 to provide both the list of dwellings and the priority attributes.
	Participation is not currently mandatory. Communities and Local Government and the Tenant Services Authority have a good relationship with local authorities and housing associations and are working closely with them to achieve the targets. NROSH will deliver a step change in the evidence base for social housing as well as reducing the burden of data provision. Data providers are encouraged to provide data as soon as they are able so that the benefits for all can begin to be realised.

Housing: Standards

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of the progress made in meeting the targets for Decent Homes; whether she expects the 2010 target to be met in respect of  (a) Waltham Forest and  (b) Redbridge; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: On 28 November 2008 the Department's autumn performance report was published which set out the progress on delivering decent homes. It recorded that the latest figures reported by landlords show that 22 per cent. of their stock was non decent as at 1 April 2007, compared with 26 per cent. in 2006.
	Ascham Homes manages the London borough of Waltham Forest's housing stock.
	Ascham Homes expect to complete their decent homes programme in 2011-12.
	Redbridge Homes manages the London borough of Redbridge's housing stock once it passes an inspection currently scheduled for February 2009 it will be able to access funding to deliver decent homes. If successful, Redbridge Homes expects to complete its Decent Homes programme by 2012-13 but 89 per cent. of their homes will be decent by 2010-11.

Local Government Statistics Data Upload

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what  (a) statistics and  (b) other data in respect of 2008-09 local authorities are required to submit to her Department using the Local Government Statistics Data Upload facility.

Sadiq Khan: The contract referred to relates to an annual upload of performance only data onto the Best Value Performance Indicators website. Local authorities did not upload to the website directly. The BVPI website closed down last April but the data is publicly available on the Audit Commission website:
	http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance

Local Government: Cornwall

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons local elections in Cornwall will take place in October 2009; what the estimated additional cost is of not holding them at the same time as the June 2009 elections; and who will pay that cost.

John Healey: Following the coming into force of the Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order, the 2009 local elections in Cornwall are scheduled to be held on 4 June. However, as explained in my answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield on 20 November 2008,  Official Record, column 771W, I was minded to defer the Cornwall local elections to the end of October 2009 as the Boundary Committee had failed to complete their review of electoral arrangements in Cornwall, and that before taking any decision to defer I would take soundings and consult those in Cornwall. That soundings exercise ended on 30 January and having regard to comments and representations received, I shall shortly decide whether to defer the Cornwall local elections.

Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber: Lloyds TSB

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber had on ( a) 4 November 2008 with the Chairman of Lloyds TSB and  (b) 17 November 2008 with the Yorkshire and Humber Economic Development Group;
	(2)  if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meetings between the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber of  (a) 8 December 2008 with the Yorkshire and Humber Economic Development Group and  (b) 15 December 2008 with Lloyds TSB.

Sadiq Khan: holding answers 19 and 22 January 2009
	Ministers and civil servants meet many people as part of the process of policy development and advice. It is not normal practice to disclose minutes of such meetings.
	Minutes of the Yorkshire and Humber Economic Delivery Group can be found on the Government office website at:
	http://www.gos.gov.uk/goyh/ourregion/RegionalMinisters/776439

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which banks and building societies have agreed to participate in the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme; and on what dates each agreed to do so.

Margaret Beckett: The country's eight largest lenders—HBOS, Nationwide, Abbey, Lloyds TSB, Northern Rock, Barclays, RBS and HSBC—representing 70 per cent. of mortgage lending, agreed in principle to support the new Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme prior to the Prime Minister's announcement on 3 December.
	The scheme should enable ordinary hard-working households that experience a redundancy or significant loss of income to reduce their monthly payments to a more manageable level, by deferring a proportion of the interest payments on their mortgage for up to two years.
	Government are now working with a wider group of lenders to finalise the scheme design and agree implementation plans.

Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28 October 2008,  Official Report, column 949W, on empty property, which local authorities have sent back completed forms on empty property business rates;
	(2)  with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008,  Official Report, columns 1142-3W, on empty property, if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the responses to the requests for information made in June and September.

John Healey: The Government are compiling information on the possible avoidance of empty property rates over the course of the first year of the reforms, and we will set out in an appropriate form our general findings in due course.

Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 30 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1284W, on non-domestic rates: valuations, what the  (a) description and  (b) unique identifier given to each sub-location is in each billing authority area.

John Healey: Sub-location codes and associated descriptions are not maintained in available listings. The cost of extracting the requested data would be disproportionate.

Ordnance Survey: Publicity

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 14 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1060W, on Ordnance Survey: databases, if she will place in the Library copies of the promotional brochures for each of the Ordnance Survey products listed.

Iain Wright: I have today arranged for promotional materials for Ordnance Survey products OS MasterMap® Topography Layer, OS MasterMap® Address Layer 2, OS MasterMap® Integrated Transport Layer, OS MasterMap® Imagery Layer, Land-Form PROFILE® Plus, Code-Point® with Polygons and Boundary-Line™ to be placed in the Library.
	Ordnance Survey is not actively marketing ADDRESS-POINT® or OS MasterMap® Address Layer, and has therefore not issued promotional material for these products during 2007-08.
	Ordnance Survey has not produced promotional material in the year 2007-08 for 1:10 000 Scale Raster, 1:50 000 Colour Raster or 1:250 000 Colour Raster. The current policy is to promote these products via the Ordnance Survey website:
	www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Planning Permission: Hammersmith and Fulham

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the representation to her Department made by the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush in relation to the planning application for the G Gate Hotel, Olympia.

Iain Wright: There has been no written representation from the hon. Member. The Government Office for London had a telephone representation from the hon. Member stating that he was concerned about the application. The deputy leader of the Hammersmith and Fulham labour group, Councillor Cartwright subsequently wrote requesting call-in, stating that this had the support of the hon. Member.

Regeneration: North West

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which wards and programmes within Sefton have received funding from the Government Office for the North West programmes for  (a) capital investment in housing,  (b) major repairs allowance,  (c) disabled facilities grants,  (d) the Working Neighbourhoods Fund Community Empowerment Fund,  (e) Community Learning Chest,  (f) the Objective 1 Programme,  (g) the Community Champions Fund,  (h) UK Online,  (i) Connexions,  (j) Children and Young People,  (k) drug and alcohol training,  (l) Lifelong Learning Partnerships,  (m) renewable energy,  (n) Mersey Basin Campaign,  (o) building safer communities,  (p) Wardens Scheme,  (q) small retailer in deprived areas,  (r) Partnership Support Development,  (s) CCTV,  (t) Partnership Support Programme,  (u) Target Policing Initiative,  (v) prostitution and  (w) violence against women.

Sadiq Khan: Where Government funding is paid to the local authority decisions on how this funding is, or has been distributed within the authority in the past, are made locally. Information on expenditure at ward level is therefore not readily available. Some of the information requested relates to funding programmes which no longer exist, and for which information cannot readily be obtained.
	A number of funding streams as follows now form part of the area based grant which has been paid to local authorities since April 2008. Local areas have discretion to use this funding as they see fit to support delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their area, including the achievement of LAA targets. Sefton has received the following funding in 2008-09:
	 (a) Capital investment in housing—£4,455,000.
	 (b) Major Repairs Allowance— nil.
	 (c) Disabled Facilities Grant—£964,000.
	 (d Working Neighbourhoods Fund—£6,225,786—included within the area based grant. The Community Empowerment Fund is now discontinued.
	 (e) The Community Learning Chest is now discontinued.
	 (f) Information is not held on levels of European funding at ward level. As the objective 1 programme is Merseyside-wide in scope, a substantial amount of programme-funded activity will be delivered by organisations that have a pan-Merseyside remit. A project based on one particular area will therefore draw beneficiaries and spend money outside its immediate locality. However Sefton will benefit from the £920 million which has been invested through objective 1 since the programme's outset.
	 (g) The Community Champions Fund is now discontinued,
	 (h) UK Online is now discontinued.
	 (i) Connexions—£2,883,000—included within the area based grant.
	 (j) The Department for Children Schools and Families administers a number of grants which are now paid as part of the area based grant as follows:
	
		
			  Grants administered by Department for Children Schools and Families  £ 
			 School Development Grant 2,430,237 
			 Extended Schools Start-Up Grants 523,887 
			 Primary National Strategy—Central Co-ordination 138,565 
			 Secondary National Strategy—Central Co-ordination 182,536 
			 Secondary National Strategy—Behaviour and Attendance 68,300 
			 School Improvement Partners 126,280 
			 Educational Health Partnerships 93,065 
			 School Travel Advisors 35,000 
			 Choice Advisors 33,418 
			 School Intervention Grant 78,600 
			 14-19 Flexible Funding Pot 88,694 
			 Sustainable Travel—General Duty 21,402 
			 Extended Rights to Free Transport 25,115 
			 Childrens Fund 789,660 
			 Childrens Trust Fund 4,883 
			 Positive Activities for Young People 289,101 
			 Teenage Pregnancy 130,000 
			 Childrens Social Care Workforce 94,528 
			 Care Matters White Paper 180,652 
			 Child Death Review Processes 37,425 
			 Young Peoples Substance Misuse 38,896 
			 Preventing Violence and Extremism Toolkit 8,000 
		
	
	 (k) The Drug and Alcohol Training Programme is now amalgamated within the Connexions Programme.
	 (1) Lifelong Learning Partnerships is now administered by the Learning Skills Council.
	 (m) The Government office for the north-west administers no funding for renewable energy.
	 (n) Details on funding for Sefton are not held by the Mersey Basin Campaign.
	 (o) The Building Safer Communities Programme has now been amalgamated within the Safer Stronger Communities Fund for which Sefton has been allocated £681,316 as part of the area based grant.
	 (p) The Wardens Scheme is now discontinued.
	 (q) The Small Retailer in Deprived Areas Programme is now discontinued.
	 (r) Partnership Support Development is now discontinued.
	 (s) The CCTV Initiative is now discontinued.
	 (t) The Partnership Support Programme is now discontinued.
	 (u) The Target Policing Initiative is now discontinued.
	 (v) The Government office for the north-west administers no funds in respect of prostitution.
	 (w) The Violence Against Women programme is now discontinued, but Sefton has been allocated £20,000 this year in respect of independent domestic violence advisers.

Regional Planning and Development: South West

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Minister is responsible for overseeing the progress of the south west regional spatial strategy.

Iain Wright: The decision-making Minister with responsibility for overseeing the progress of the south-west regional spatial strategy is Baroness Andrews.

Rising to the Challenge

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what response she plans to make to the Audit Commission's recent report Rising to the Challenge.

Sadiq Khan: The Government welcomed the Audit Commission's report when it was published last month. We supported the Commission's main findings and agreed there was more to be done to achieve efficiency savings on top of the £197.3 million the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) made between 2004 and 2008 against a target of £105 million.
	The Department for Communities and Local Government will work with the FRS and other stakeholders to address the performance issues identified by the Commission. The Fire and Rescue National Framework, published last year, already seeks delivery of a challenging efficiency target and improved performance on equality and diversity by the FRS and we are working with the service to deliver these objectives.
	Of the points which the Commission addressed specifically to central Government, we are already taking action on its recommendations that we should:
	actively publicise those FRSs delivering all elements of modernisation, including efficiency, and encourage those with furthest to travel;
	implement agreed proposals for developing operational guidance with the Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and other stakeholders;
	advocate the role the fire service can play in achieving community outcomes to other services;
	publish data on efficiency savings by FRSs;
	provide leadership and guidance on equality and diversity issues and the development of an organisational culture that embraces equality and diversity.
	We are considering appropriate further action, including the Commission's recommendation that we should:
	review the role of regional management boards and their place in the improvement infrastructure; then define and communicate its expectations of them and their potential value to FRAs.

Business for New Europe

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what dates since 1 January 2007  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in his Department or its predecessor have had discussions with Business for New Europe on European matters.

Gareth Thomas: BERR and its predecessor DTI Ministers and officials have cooperated and engaged with Business for New Europe (BNE), along with other organisations interested in the EU, on events related to EU policy. Similarly officials have had regular discussions with members of the BNE secretariat in preparation for these events. The attached list at Annex A gives further details of BERR events or ministerial meetings involving BNE since 1 January 2007.
	 ANNEX A
	11 September 2007: the BERR Secretary of State (John Hutton) had an introductory meeting with BNE members
	19 December 2007: John Hutton attended a BNE breakfast event on Europe
	14 January 2008: The BERR/FCO "Business Priorities for a Global Europe" Conference was organised in cooperation with BNE, with Roland Rudd chairing the event and BERR Secretary of State John Hutton was one of the speakers.
	7 May 2008: BERR Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Shriti Vadera spoke at BNE Enlargement Seminar
	17 June 2008: John Hutton attended a dinner with BNE members
	8 December 2008: The Global Europe Business Summit was attended by BERR Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Shriti Vadera and Roland Rudd was one of the business participants (representing BNE)
	10 December 2008: Lord Mandelson had a breakfast meeting with Roland Rudd and several BNE company members to discuss EU economic reform issues
	17 December 2008: Lord Mandelson had a second breakfast meeting with Roland Rudd and several other BNE company members to discuss EU economic reform issues

Conditions of Employment: Surrogate Motherhood

Mark Todd: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will bring forward proposals to extend maternity leave and employment protection rights afforded to parents to surrogate parents.

Patrick McFadden: The rights to maternity leave and pay were introduced as a measure to enabling women to take time off at the end of pregnancy and after birth to protect their health and safety and that of their children.
	The Government have considered rights for surrogate parents from time to time. The need to keep the various leave and pay provisions as straight forward as possible for employers to manage, and ensure that the qualifying conditions reflect the policy rationale for the entitlement in the first place, inevitably mean that certain groups are not covered.
	Parents who have a child through a surrogacy arrangement are able to benefit from many of the rights the Government have put in place to support working parents. This includes the right to parental leave, to time off for dependants and the right to request a flexible working pattern. The father of a child born through a surrogacy arrangement and who fulfils the normal eligibility criteria will be able to take two weeks' paid paternity leave.

Departmental Manpower

Francis Maude: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the answer of 22 July 2008,  Official Report, column 1130W, on departmental personnel, how many staff without posts there were in his Department at the latest date for which figures are available; how many such staff were classified as such upon return from maternity leave; and how many of the staff without posts have been classified as such for at least  (a) six and  (b) 12 months.

Patrick McFadden: As at 1 January 2009, there were seven staff without posts; none was classified as such upon return from maternity leave. Fewer than five people fall into the remaining categories and precise numbers are not available for reasons of confidentiality.

Departmental Official Visits

Greg Hands: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost to the public purse of hotel accommodation for  (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and  (b) his special advisers was for the three day tour that was undertaken between 7 and 9 January 2009; and which hotels (i) he and (ii) his special advisers stayed in during the tour.

Patrick McFadden: My noble Friend, the Secretary of State stayed overnight in Manchester on 7 January in order to host a business breakfast on 8 January. The hotel and accommodation costs were arranged by the agency which deals with overnight accommodation for BERR. My noble Friend, the Secretary of State was not accompanied by a special adviser.

Furniture: Credit

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will discuss with his French counterpart measures to support credit insurance arrangements for the furniture industry.

Ian Pearson: This Department is discussing these issues with industry. We have also had discussions with partners across Europe including those in the French administration.

India

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which  (a) individuals and  (b) organisations Ministers from his Department met during their visit to India in January 2009.

Gareth Thomas: My noble Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform visited India on 19-23 January 2009. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I have given him today to his question 252356 which gives a list of official engagements. During his visit Lord Mandelson met numerous individuals and organisations at various events. A full list could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Internet

John Robertson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent estimate he has made of  (a) the average internet speed available to business users in the UK and  (b) the effect of available internet speed on the competitiveness of UK businesses.

Patrick McFadden: The Department has made no recent estimations on average internet speed and the effect of available internet speed on the competitiveness of UK businesses. However, I recognise the importance of internet for businesses and UK competitiveness and will be examining the question of universality of broadband and options for maximising participation across the UK as part of the Digital Britain Report. There will be an interim report in this month, with full report in late spring.
	Large businesses on the whole have the financial capacity to purchase sufficient bandwidth to match their needs. For smaller businesses service providers offer a range of packages to suit different business needs. Offers include speeds ranging from 500kbps—8Mbps at the lower end and up to 24Mbps at the upper end. There is also broadband provision to science parks across the UK.
	ONS reported that over 90 per cent. of businesses have broadband connections. Ofcom publish data on take-up of broadband by small business in their Communications Market reports and the 2008 report indicated that the large majority of small businesses now have broadband.
	Ofcom also recently published a study on actual consumer experience of broadband the results of which can be found at:
	http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/telecoms/reports/bbspeed_jan09/

Political Levy

Nick Hurd: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 9 December 2008,  Official Report, column 66W, on the political levy, whether the Certification Officer has provided guidance on this issue.

Patrick McFadden: The Certification Officer has not provided guidance on this specific issue. However, in his "Guide to political fund review ballots" he states that
	"The Act is silent as to whether the ballot paper may be accompanied by an explanatory statement, a recommendation or other literature. However, unions should be aware of the requirement that members must be able to vote without interference or constraint."

Post Office

Frank Field: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the Government's proposals for the reform of the Post Office entail the assumption of responsibility by the Government for liability arising from underfunding; or whether the Government plan to assume such responsibility in return for the underwriting of future pension promises.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 22 January 2009
	The details of how the Government will tackle Royal Mail's pension deficit are still being developed. My noble Friend, the Secretary of State will be making a detailed policy statement on the Government's package of proposals for reform in the early part of this year.

Summertime

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will commission a review of the effects of the application of British Summer Time over the next 12 months.

Patrick McFadden: The Government believe that the current Summer Time arrangements are a satisfactory compromise between those who prefer lighter mornings and those who prefer lighter evenings.
	There are no plans to commission a review of the arrangements or the effects but the Government will continue to listen to arguments for and against change.

Trade: International Cooperation

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he expects the Doha round of trade negotiations to resume in 2009; and whether he expects them to include negotiations on a General Agreement on Trade in Services.

Gareth Thomas: holding answer 2 February 2009
	The Government remain fully committed to an ambitious, pro-development outcome to the Doha round. We are working with the EU Trade Commissioner, other EU member states and other WTO members on the importance of concluding the ongoing negotiations as early as possible, with a view to achieving an ambitious, pro-development outcome to the round in 2009. Negotiations to extend the existing general agreement on trade in services will be an integral part of the negotiations and of the final Doha deal.

UK Trade and Investment: India

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate has been made of the amount spent on hotel accommodation for  (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,  (b) other Ministers from his Department,  (c) special advisers and  (d) civil servants for the UK Trade and Investment trip to India in January 2009.

Gareth Thomas: The following amounts were spent on hotel accommodation by my noble Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform during his visit to India in January 2009:
	 (a) Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: £336.
	 (b) Other Ministers from Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: £0.
	 (c) Special adviser: £336
	 (d) Civil servants: £5,446,
	My noble Friend, the Secretary of State, his Private Secretary and Special Adviser stayed at the high commissioner's residence during the Delhi leg of the visit. There was insufficient space for the rest of the delegation to stay at the residence. The entire party stayed in a hotel during the Mumbai leg of the visit.

Departmental Expenditure Limits

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much of his Department's  (a) voted and  (b) non-voted capital departmental expenditure limit for 2008-09 remains unallocated.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department does not have any voted unallocated provision for capital departmental expenditure limit (DEL) in 2008-09. The Department currently has no non-voted capital DEL which will be reflected in the publication of the spring supplementary estimate 2008-09, provisional on 10 February 2009.
	The last reported non-voted capital DEL figure of £63.7 million can be sourced from the Department's 2008-09 winter supplementary (page 33) as published on the HM-Treasury's website under "unallocated capital provision".

National Curriculum Tests

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many Key Stage 2 national curriculum test papers have been remarked in each of the last five years.

Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is responsible for the administration of the Key Stage 2 (KS2) National Curriculum tests, including the external marking and review service to schools.
	The QCA publishes data on review volumes as part of its annual Test statistics. The Test statistics can be found at:
	www.naa.org.uk/naa_19205.aspx
	The total number of reviews requested at key stage 2 for the 2004 to 2007 rounds are as follows:
	
		
			   Reviews requested 
			 2004 13,232 
			 2005 21,533 
			 2006 19,486 
			 2007 11,530 
		
	
	The QCA has not yet published 2008 figures for key stage 2 reviews. These figures will be published over the coming weeks, and will comply with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice.

Special Educational Needs

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average standard assessment test scores achieved by special educational needs pupils taught in mainstream schools were in each of the last 10 years.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Data for the last 10 years can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
	Information on the levels obtained in key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests by pupils with special education needs (SEN) in mainstream schools in 2007 can be found in the following tables. These figures are based on final KS2 and KS3 data.
	Similar information for all pupils with SEN (i.e. including those at maintained special schools as well as mainstream schools) for 2007 can be found in SFR38/2007, at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000759/index.shtml
	The KS2 and KS3 figures in this published SFR were based on provisional data.
	
		
			  Key stage 3 test results by each level( 1)  in 2007( 2) , by special education needs (mainstream schools only) 
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in English 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  3  4  5  6  7 
			 No identified SEN 457,685 2 0 1 1 1 9 45 30 10 
			
			 SEN without a statement 101,669 7 0 8 11 8 28 32 5 1 
			 School action 70,282 5 0 6 9 7 30 36 6 1 
			 School action + 31,387 11 0 12 15 8 25 24 4 1 
			
			 SEN with a statement 13,386 9 1 27 16 7 19 17 4 1 
			
			 Unclassified (3) 4,219 6 1 6 7 4 15 38 18 5 
			
			 All pupils 576,959 3 0 3 3 2 13 42 25 8 
		
	
	
		
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in mathematics 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 
			 No identified SEN 458,141 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 20 31 25 10 
			  
			 SEN without a statement 101,639 6 0 0 2 1 18 30 22 15 5 1 
			 School action 70,264 4 0 0 1 1 17 31 24 16 6 1 
			 School action + 31,375 9 0 1 2 2 23 27 18 12 5 1 
			  
			 SEN with a statement 13,345 8 0 5 6 4 28 23 13 9 4 1 
			  
			 Unclassified(3) 4,276 4 0 1 3 0 8 19 20 24 14 7 
			  
			 All pupils 577,401 3 0 0 1 0 6 14 20 28 21 8 
		
	
	
		
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in science 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5  6  7 
			 No identified SEN 458,387 2 0 0 1 0 2 13 34 30 19 
			 
			 SEN without a statement 101,926 6 0 0 2 1 14 36 28 9 3 
			 School action 70,433 4 0 0 2 1 13 37 30 10 3 
			 School action + 31,493 10 0 1 3 2 17 33 23 8 2 
			 
			 SEN with a statement 13,426 7 0 4 5 3 20 30 20 8 2 
			 
			 Unclassified(3) 4,276 4 1 1 3 1 9 22 28 19 11 
			 
			 All pupils 578,015 3 0 0 1 0 4 17 33 26 15 
			 (1)( )Includes T—unable to access test; B—not entered for test; N—failed to register a level; (2 )Final data. (3 )Includes information refused or not obtain 
		
	
	
		
			  Key stage 2 test results by each level( 1)  in 2007( 2) , by special education needs (mainstream schools only) 
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in English 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 No identified SEN 432,655 0 0 1 0 0 7 50 42 
			   
			 SEN without a statement 118,180 1 0 8 4 2 39 41 5 
			 School action 78,288 1 0 4 2 2 39 47 5 
			 School action + 39,892 2 0 16 6 3 39 29 5 
			   
			 SEN with a statement 12,224 2 1 43 5 2 21 21 5 
			   
			 Unclassified(3) 2,336 2 4 16 2 1 18 39 19 
			   
			 All pupils 565,395 1 0 3 1 1 14 48 33 
		
	
	
		
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in mathematics 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 No identified SEN 432,769 1 0 0 0 0 11 48 40 
			   
			 SEN without a statement 118,219 1 0 6 6 3 37 39 7 
			 School action 78,320 1 0 3 5 3 38 42 8 
			 School action + 39,899 2 0 12 9 3 36 32 7 
			   
			 SEN with a statement 12,230 2 0 36 8 3 24 21 6 
			   
			 Unclassified (3) 2,333 2 4 12 3 2 22 40 16 
			   
			 All pupils 565,551 1 0 2 2 1 17 45 32 
		
	
	
		
			 Percentage of pupils achieving each level in science 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 No identified SEN 432,781 0 0 0 0 0 4 39 55 
			   
			 SEN without a statement 118,232 1 0 3 2 1 24 51 18 
			 School action 78,322 1 0 1 1 1 23 55 18 
			 School action + 39,910 2 0 6 3 2 27 45 17 
			   
			 SEN with a statement 12,235 2 0 24 4 2 23 33 13 
			   
			 Unclassified(3) 2,333 2 4 11 2 1 17 38 26 
			   
			 All pupils 565,581 1 0 1 0 0 9 42 46 
			 (1) Includes T—unable to access test; B—not entered for test; N—failed to register a level; (2 )Final data (3) Includes information refused or not obtained

Ambulance Services

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 219W, if he will provide the correct web link for his Department's statistical bulletin Ambulance Services, England 2007-08.

Ben Bradshaw: The annual statistical bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2007-08", has already been placed in the Library and is available at the following link:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/audits-and-performance/ambulance/ambulance-services-england-2007-08
	I regret the error in my pervious reply to the right hon. Member.

Departmental ICT

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 1092-94W, on departmental ICT, what his most recent estimate of the  (a) cost and  (b) completion date is for each of the projects referred to; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: The projects listed under the original parliamentary question were those over £100,000 currently being undertaken by the Department, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA). The current expected completion date and estimated cost details, as at 28 January 2009, are as follows:
	
		
			  Name of organisation  Name of project  Estimated delivery date of project  Estimated cost of project (£000) 
			 Department of Health Ref Costs 2008 January 2009 1,204 
			 Department of Health MEDS Improvements August 2009 240 
			 Department of Health MEDBEN October 2008 (complete) 1,093 
			 Department of Health Learning Management System May 2009 684 
			 Department of Health Contact June 2009 646 
			 Department of Health ACCEA July 2009 1,203 
			 Department of Health CAS October 2008 (complete) 572 
			 Department of Health Delphi 2 February 2009 1,955 
			 Department of Health Business Intelligence Implementation February 2009 967 
			 Department of Health Enterprise Architecture Programme March 2009 250 
			 Department of Health Health Protection Informatics Website(1) n/a 485 
			 Department of Health Quickr (Quickplace Upgrade) April 2009 188 
			 Department of Health Centralised Security Monitoring April 2009 171 
			 Department of Health Citrix Upgrade April 2009 163 
			 Department of Health WAN Upgrade April 2009 411 
			 MHRA Sentinel Server Upgrade January 2009 3,500 
			 MHRA Sentinel Component software development June 2009 1,600 
			 MHRA Eudra GMP Linkage January 2009 400 
			 PASA Pharmacy Replacement March 2009 281 
			 (1) The HPI is an IT programme, rather than a single project. It has been set up to provide information and data services to enable the DH to manage the national immunisation programme. It also provides tools to facilitate the management of surveillance information as part of the DH Pandemic preparedness measures. The programme was initially established in 2004 to collect Flu Update data from GPs with a budget of £485,000. The programme has expanded since that point, providing national immunisation data related to a number of vaccinations including Influenza, Pneumococcal and HPV, as well as surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness initiatives. Further development and support of the application will be ongoing, to reflect the evolving Immunisation and Panflu preparedness programmes. The website is being produced and maintained as part of this programme. It does not have a given date. 
		
	
	The IT projects undertaken by Connecting for Health are listed as follows:
	
		
			  Name of organisation  Name of project  Current estimated delivery date of project  Total estimated cost of project (£ billion) 
			 Connecting for Health National Programme for IT (NPfIT) (1)— (2)12.656 
			 (1) NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single completion date. (2) At 2004-05 prices, including local costs, as reported by the National Audit Office in its May 2008 report on NPfIT.

Departmental Internet

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 20 November 2008,  Official Report, column 687W, on the departmental internet, if he will list the websites operated by his Department in addition to its two main websites.

Ben Bradshaw: In addition to its two main websites:
	www.dh.gov.uk
	and
	www.nhs.uk
	the Department of Health operates 91 websites, as at 26 January 2009. The following table lists these sites.
	Under rules set out by the transformational government agenda, these 91 websites will be closed by March 2011, as their content is being migrated to the Department's two main websites, to Directgov
	www.direct.gov.uk
	or to Business Link
	www.businesslink.gov.uk
	as appropriate.
	
		
			  Annex A: Websites operated by the Department of Health as at January 26 2009 (in addition to www.dh.gov.uk and www.nhs.uk) 
			  Website  URL 
			 18 Weeks www.18weeks.nhs.uk 
			 Activity DataBase www.adb.dh.gov.uk 
			 Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee www.arsac.org.uk 
			 Advisory Bodies www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk 
			 Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea 
			 Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/acdp/index.htm 
			 Advisory Group on Hepatitis (AGH) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/agh/index.htm 
			 Asthma Management www.asthmar-d.org.uk 
			 Breast Feeding www.breastfeeding.nhs.uk 
			 British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BCP) www.pharmacopoeia.org.uk 
			 Bug Investigators www.buginvestigators.co.uk 
			 childcare co-ordinators database www.e.doh.gov.uk/childcarecoordinators/search.asp 
			 Clean safe care www.clean-safe-care.nhs.uk 
			 Clinical Trials Toolkit www.ct-toolkit.ac.uk 
			 Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) www.csci.org.uk 
			 Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/coc/index.htm 
			 Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment www.comare.org.uk 
			 Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/com/index.htm 
			 Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/comeap/ 
			 Condom Essential Wear www.condomessentialwear.co.uk 
			 Cosmetic Surgery Steering Group www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/cosmeticsurgery/ 
			 CSIP www.csip.org.uk 
			 Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk 
			 DoH Thesaurus www.multites.com/dhthesaurus 
			 Drugs Misuse Research Initiative www.mdx.ac.uk/www/drugsrmisuse/ 
			 East of England Research and Development Sub Unit www.east-of-england-rdsu.org.uk 
			 End of life care www.endoflifecare.nhs.uk 
			 Ethics Research Information Catalogue www.eric-on-line.co.uk/ 
			 European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) www.new-ehic.org.uk 
			 Expert Advisory Group on Aids (EAGA) www.advisorvbodies.doh.gov.uk/eaga/index.htm 
			 Expert patient www.expertpatients.nhs.uk 
			 Finance Manual www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/finman.nsf 
			 Five a day www.5aday.nhs.uk 
			 Forensic Mental Health www.nfmhp.org.uk/index.htm 
			 Health Technology Assessment Programme www.ncchta.org 
			 Health Technology Portal www.healthtechnologyportal.org.uk 
			 Healthcare Commission (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection) www.healthcarecommission.org.uk 
			 Healthy Start www.healthystart.nhs.uk 
			 Healthy Start www.hsru.co.uk 
			 Human Genetics Commission (HGC) www.hgc.gov.uk 
			 Immunisation www.immunisation.nhs.uk 
			 Immunisation Group Web Programme (IGWP) www.info.doh.gov.uk/Cvts/VTSPCW.nsf 
			 Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) www.irpanel.org.uk 
			 Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts www.regulator-nhsft.gov.uk 
			 Information and Communication Technology Research Initiative www.disco.port.ac.uk/ictri 
			 Information Asset Register www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/iar.nsf?open 
			 Involve www.invo.org.uk 
			 Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/jcvi/ 
			 Knowledge and Information Portal www.estatesknowledge.dh.gov.uk 
			 London Health Strategy www.londonshealth.gov.uk 
			 Mosaic www.mosaic.nhs.uk 
			 National Biological Standards Board (NBSB) www.nibsc.ac.uk 
			 National Care Standards Commission www.carestandards.gov.uk 
			 National Leadership Network www.nationalleadershipnetwork.org 
			 NatPaCT www.natpact.nhs.uk 
			 NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk 
			 NHS Factsheets www.info.doh.gov.uk/nhsfactsheets.nsf 
			 NHS Identity www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk 
			 NHS Photo Library www.photolibrary.nhs.uk 
			 NHS Plus www.nhsplus.nhs.uk 
			 On Design www.design.dh.gov.uk 
			 Patient Information Advisory Group www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/PIAG 
			 Performance Data www.performance.doh.gov.uk 
			 Policy Research Programme www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/rd2policy.nsf 
			 ProCure21 www.nhs-procure21.gov.uk 
			 Purchasing and Supply Agency www.pasa.nhs.uk 
			 Putting Action On Health Inequalities Into Practice www.info.doh.gov.uk/publichealth/hidis.nsf 
			 RD Info www.rdinfo.org.uk 
			 RD Learning www.rdlearning.org.uk 
			 RDDirect www.rddirect.org.uk 
			 Research and Development Sub Unit www.rdsu.org.uk 
			 Royal Commission Elderly www.royal-commission-elderly.gov.uk 
			 Safety Alert Broadcast System www.info.doh.gov.uk/sar/cmopatie.nsf 
			 Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/scoth/index.htm 
			 Sector 64 Grants www.info.doh.gov.uk/Sect64/S64users.nsf 
			 Senior Dental Leadership Team Website www.info.doh.gov.uk/nhs/cdoweb.nsf/Main?OpenFrameset 
			 Sexual Health Professionals www.sexualhealthprofessional.org.uk 
			 Shape www.shape.dh.gov.uk 
			 Smoke Free England www.smokefreeengland.co.uk 
			 Social Work and Care www.socialworkandcare.co.uk 
			 Social Work Careers www.socialworkcareers.co.uk 
			 Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (SACAR) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/sacar/index.htm 
			 Standing Dental Advisory Committee (SDAC) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/sdac/ 
			 Talk to Frank www.talktofrank.com 
			 The National Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development www.nccrcd.nhs.uk 
			 UK Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority (UKXIRA) www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/ukxira/freedom.htm 
			 Valuing People Support Team www.valuingpeople.gov.uk 
			 www.info.doh.gov.uk/Carers/Carersweb.Nsf/vwWebHome www.info.doh.gov.uk/Carers/Carersweb.Nsf/vwWebHome 
			 www.info.doh.gov.uk/cfs/cfsusers.nsf/ www.info.doh.gov.uk/cfs/cfsusers.nsf/ 
			 www.info.doh.gov.uk/cmo/cmosur01.nsf/frmcmosurvey www.info.doh.gov.uk/cmo/cmosur01.nsf/frmcmosurvey 
			 www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/nufusers.nsf/main?readform www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/nufusers.nsf/main?readform

Departmental Training

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which external organisations his Department has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last three years; and how many civil servants in his Department have participated in provision of training for external organisations in that period.

Ben Bradshaw: Most fast streamers' training is booked directly by the individual fast streamers themselves. The Department only records Fast Stream training that requires payment from the central training budget. To obtain a full record of all training that fast streamers have taken from external providers, would incur disproportionate costs.
	Over the last three years, the Department's human resources (HR) central records show that the generalist Fast Streamers have used the following providers:
	National School of Government
	Westminster Explained
	Government Exchange
	Suzanne James Associates
	Common Purpose
	Birmingham University
	Reed Training
	The Emergency Planning College
	Neil Stewart Associates
	Axon Solutions
	Penna plc
	Industry and Parliament Trust
	Eastmeade EU Training
	Hemsley Fraser Group
	Parity
	Department of Culture, Media and Sport
	Clutterbuck Associates
	3E Training
	Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
	Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
	The Department's HR division only took on oversight of training for specialist fast streamers in 2007 and therefore only information about the last two years is available. Prior to that fast stream training was not dealt with centrally and to obtain information before that would incur disproportionate costs.
	Over the past two years, the Department's HR records show that specialist fast streamers have used the following providers:
	National School of Government
	London School of Economics
	Luigi Siciliani—University of York
	Paul Kind Quality Outcomes
	Government Economic Service
	Birkbeck University
	University of Manchester
	Oxford University
	JHA HR Consultancy
	The Outlook Training Organisation
	Saxton Bampfylde
	Royal Statistical Society
	Government Statistical Society
	Imperial College
	Institute of Education
	HM Treasury
	Remarch Technologies
	University of London
	Brunei University
	Royal Economic Society
	Bath University
	University of Southampton
	Good decisions partnership
	Leeds University
	Office for National Statistics
	Cambridge Econometrics
	Modern Government.
	No records are held centrally about the number of civil servants in the Department who have participated in provision of training for external organisations, and would incur disproportionate cost to establish.

Mass Media

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of his Department's contracts with press monitoring services was in each of the last five years.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department sources a national press cuttings service via a framework agreement used by various Government Departments. As such, the value of the 'contract' cannot be established in full; although a breakdown of costs incurred during the financial years 2003-04 to 2007-08 is given in the following table. Daily cuttings from the national press have been provided by EDS Media since 1 July 2007. Before July 2007 national press cuttings were provided by Durrants, whose contract commenced in April 2003.
	
		
			  £ 
			   Organisation 
			   EDS Media  Durrants 
			 2003-04 0 64,094.11 
			 2004-05 0 65,236.39 
			 2005-06 0 110,476,20 
			 2006-07 0 132,006.82 
			 2007-08 66,196.04 37,864.27 
		
	
	Regional press cuttings are sourced from TNS Media Intelligence via a rolling agreement. A breakdown of costs incurred during the period 2003-04 to 2007-08 is given in the following table.
	
		
			  Organisation: TNS Media Intelligence 
			  £ 
			 2003-04 38,677.11 
			 2004-05 22,696.30 
			 2005-06 47,273.79 
			 2006-07 54,720.13 
			 2007-08 26,066.61 
		
	
	The Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) is based in the Central Office of Information and provides a 24-hour a day, 365 days a year monitoring service of broadcast and print media. They provide summaries throughout the day and overnight of key government-related stories and also transcripts of interviews on request. Records of the of costs incurred start from the financial year 2004-05 and a breakdown is given in the following table.
	
		
			  Organisation: MMU 
			  £ 
			 2004-05 67,729.19 
			 2005-06 105,149.48 
			 2006-07 115,504.42 
			 2007-08 113,657.75 
		
	
	The figures quoted in the tables above are all inclusive of VAT.

NHS: ICT

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, what proportion of the repayment costs for each trust reflect  (a) repayment of the capital value and  (b) service and other charges; and what the total for each trust is of the additional charges which have been levied through the relevant private finance initiative contract.

Ben Bradshaw: Unitary payments on private finance initiative (PFI) schemes are structured and priced to deliver an integrated service. It is not therefore possible to precisely identify costs attributable to each expenditure category.
	However, analysis undertaken by officials on a sample of PFI schemes showed that the provision of 'soft' facilities management (FM) services (e.g. catering, cleaning, portering) made up on average 26 per cent. of the unitary payment; 'hard' FM services (building maintenance) on average 20 per cent. Costs to the private sector in management fees (administering the special purpose vehicles or 'project companies') and taking out insurance on the new facilities account for another approximately 4 per cent. Repayment of the annualised total financing debt (i.e. the capital cost and borrowing charges) accounted for on average 50 per cent. of the unitary payment.
	There are no additional charges levied under a signed PFI contract private. The payment mechanism in a contract contains a volume element under which the quantity of variable items such as meals or linen provided is directly related to the throughput of patients, so where the volume of services are above those initially stated in the PFI contract, trusts will make additional payments. Under a 'variation of services' clause in the contract, trusts can also require a change to the contract, for example, to increase capacity, which is charged for through an increase to the unitary payment.

Organs: Donors

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Government plan to make changes to the conditions which determine who receives organs donated by those carrying a donor card.

Dawn Primarolo: We have no plans to change the conditions which determine who receives organs from deceased donors, including those who carry a donor card. The system of allocation differs according to the type of organ, whether it's a heart, lung, kidney, or liver. Patients waiting for a heart or liver who are classified as urgent are given priority. This is because their life expectancy without a transplant can be measured in days or even hours. If there are no urgent patients on the waiting list, the organ is offered for patients on the non-urgent list who are nearest in age and blood group to the donor. The location of donor and recipient is also considered to minimise the delay between retrieving and transplanting organs.

British Energy: EDF Energy

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 19WS, on EDF takeover, whether the £4.42 billion dedicated to the Nuclear Liabilities Fund paid on 19 January by Electricité de France EDF may be used for decontamination of radioactively polluted land on British energy sites; and whether title to the plutonium owned by British Energy has been transferred to EDF as part of the takeover.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 26 January 2009
	The assets of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF) will be used to meet certain decommissioning costs and uncontracted liabilities attaching to existing nuclear power plants operated by British Energy. To the extent that any radioactively polluted land is identified during the decommissioning process, decontamination would be paid for by the NLF if it qualified for payment under the terms of the restructuring agreements. Otherwise it would fall to the account of British Energy.
	Title to the plutonium owned by British Energy remains with British Energy Generation Limited (BEG). Title will not transfer to EDF as part of the takeover. However, as a result of the takeover the shares in BEG are now controlled, indirectly, by EDF.

Departmental Buildings

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 17 November 2008,  Official Report, column 109W, on departmental buildings, what costs have been incurred in moving staff into 3 Whitehall Place.

Mike O'Brien: The Department has spent £54,000 to date on moving staff to 3 Whitehall Place.

Electricity Generation

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1002W, on electricity generation, what percentage of electricity production in 2007 was from each of the sources classified as other fuels.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 29 January 2009
	 Of the 3.1 per cent. of electricity generation in the United Kingdom attributable to fuels other than coal, gas, nuclear and renewables, 1.2 percentage points were from oil, 1.0 percentage point was from pumped storage, 0.2 percentage points from non-biodegradable wastes, and 0.7 percentage points from coke oven gas, blast furnace gas and waste products from chemical processes. The source of these statistics is the Digest of United Kingdom Energy statistics 2008 a copy of which is available in the Library of the House and also at
	http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/statistics/publications/dukes/page45537.html.

Electricty Generation: Nuclear Power

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1002W, on electricity generation, what the UK's capacity for electricity production from nuclear energy was in 2007; and how much electricity was produced from nuclear energy in that year.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 29 January 2009
	The generating capacity of nuclear plant in the UK at the end of December 2007 was 10,979 MW, compared with 10,969 MW at the end of December 2006. Electricity generated at these nuclear stations during 2007 amounted to 63,028 GWh. The source of these statistics is the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2008, Tables 5.6 and 5.7, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House and also at
	http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/statistics/publications/dukes/page45537.html.

Energy: Prices

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the adequacy of publicity highlighting reduced domestic energy tariffs under the Government's agreements with the energy utilities.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 16 December 2008
	 : Energy suppliers offer a range of help to their most vulnerable customers such as social tariffs, trust funds and rebates. In April, they agreed with the Government to increase their spend on social assistance and this year they will be spending collectively £100 million, rising to £125 million next year and £150 million by 2011.
	In order to facilitate the role of advice organisations, switching sites and other intermediaries in making information available to their clients about social tariffs and other assistance, suppliers agreed in the Fuel Poverty Summit organised by Ofgem in April, to provide greater visibility of their offers.
	Subsequently Ofgem sought advice from key consumer organisations regarding what information suppliers should include on their websites. Following this process, all suppliers now have relevant information on their websites about their social tariffs and programmes and a contact phone number for consumers to check their eligibility.
	Early indication from suppliers is that since this time last year the numbers of customer accounts on social tariffs have at least doubled and will exceed the 600,000 customer accounts originally suppliers estimated that would benefit this winter. This is a good indication of the level of awareness of the assistance suppliers offer, although the Department does not monitor the suppliers' publicity activity directly.

Fuel Poverty

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of  (a) the number of people benefiting from and  (b) the average benefit received from each social tariff scheme operated by energy supply companies in the UK;
	(2)  with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1144W, on energy supply: fuel poverty, when he expects Ofgem to publish its report on the social programmes undertaken by energy supply companies.

Mike O'Brien: Ofgem published its first Review of Suppliers' Voluntary Initiatives to Help Vulnerable Customers on 6 August 2007, which covered the period to July 2007. Ofgem updated this report in October 2007. Both reports can be found online at:
	http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/SocAction/Suppliers/CSR/Documents1/Review%20of%20suppliers%20voluntary%20mitiatives.pdf
	http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/SocAction//Suppliers/CSR/Documentsl/CSRupdate_open_letter_23507.pdf
	The October update report shows that the number of gas and electricity customer accounts benefiting from each social tariff scheme and the average benefit received from each social tariff scheme was as follows:
	
		
			   As at 31 August 2007 
			  Supplier  Tariff name  Customer accounts on tariff  Total savings ( £  million)  Average saving per customer account ( £ ) 
			 British Gas Essentials (Gas) 197,000 13.6 69 
			  Essentials (Electricity) 83,000 1.9 22 
			  Total  15.5 92 
			  
			 EDF Energy Energy Assist (Gas) 14,825 l.3 87 
			  Energy Assist (Electricity) 45,154 2.4 54 
			  Total  3.7 140 
			  
			 Npower First Step (Gas) 1,042 0.05 48 
			  First step (Electricity) 1,415 0.11 75 
			  Total  0.16 124 
			  
			 Powergen Staywarm 10,373 4.4 424 
			  
			 Scottish Power No social tariff currently offered — — — 
			  
			 SSE EnergyPlus (Gas) 4,983 0.57 115 
			  EnergyPlus (Electricity) 7,538 0.54 71 
			  Total  1.1 186 
		
	
	Ofgem is planning to publish an update to its October 2007 review before the end of the year. This will cover the period from 31 March 2007 to 1 April 2008,
	Following the announcement in Budget 2008, energy suppliers agreed to increase the amount they spend on social programmes. This year they will be spending collectively £100 million, rising to £125 million in 2009-10 and £150 million in 2010-11. Suppliers have only provided forecast numbers for the first time for 2008, which show that around 600,000 customer accounts are expected to be on social tariffs this winter. The actual number of customer accounts on social tariffs during the first year of the voluntary agreement and the benefit per customer account will be published in Ofgem's next reporting cycle in 2009.

Industrial Diseases: Compensation

Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many claims for compensation for respiratory disease brought under the Coal Health Compensation Scheme have been settled under the fast track procedure  (a) by way of expedited payment and  (b) under the live optional risk scheme since 1 January 2004 in which Avalon Solicitors, Warrington, have been the claimant's representatives in each parliamentary constituency in respect of which legal proceedings have been concluded.

Mike O'Brien: I am today placing in the Libraries of the House a table indicating how each of the settled claims, for which Avalon Solicitors have been the claimant's representatives, were concluded, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter of 24 October 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Ms S Harman of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 15 January 2009
	 I responded to the hon. Member on 19 January 2009. I apologise for the delay in replying.

Tidal Power: Expenditure

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on wave and tidal renewable energy technologies in  (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency,  (b) the North East,  (c) England and  (d) the UK in the last 12 months.

Mike O'Brien: The Department of Energy and Climate Change provides funding for demonstration and deployment of commercial scale wave and tidal energy technologies under the marine renewables deployment fund (MRDF). Following is a breakdown of expenditure excluding VAT in the last 12 months:
	
		
			   £ (excluding VAT) 
			 Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland 0 
			 North-east England 0 
			 England 24,943 
			 UK 54,887 
		
	
	The Government also provide financial support for research and development into wave and tidal energy technologies through the Research Councils' Supergen Marine initiative, the Carbon Trust, the Technology Strategy Board and the Energy Technology Institute.